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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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07LAPAZ3216 | EVO'S EXCLUSIONARY REVOLUTIONARY CONSTITUTION [...] (C) The Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) constitution that was passed in a surprise session of the Constituent Assembly without most opposition assembly members has not yet been published. According to press reports, state involvement in the economy and control over natural resources continues [...] | 2007-12-10 20:39:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL ECON BL |
07LAPAZ3220 | VENEZUELAN PLANE CONTROVERSY GOES INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Although facts are emerging, rumors continue to run rampant concerning the aborted landing of a Venezuelan C-130 Hercules airplane. Forced to leave one Bolivian town by a rock-wielding mob, the plane was unable to land at another Bolivian town as protesters blocked the runway. A [...] | 2007-12-10 22:13:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL MARR BL VN |
07LAPAZ3230 | PL-480: WE CAN'T GIVE MONEY AWAY. [...] (C) Institutional incompetence, politicking, and resistance to any cooperation with the United States is hamstringing USDA programs in Bolivia. At the end of the Title I wheat monetization program in 2005, a committee within the PL-480 Secretariat was set up to administer the approximately [...] | 2007-12-11 19:38:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV AGR FAO FAS IFAD IICA BL |
07LAPAZ3236 | PL-480: WE CAN'T GIVE MONEY AWAY [...] (C) Institutional incompetence, politicking, and resistance to cooperation with the United States is hampering USDA programs in Bolivia. At the end of the Title I wheat monetization program in 2005, a committee within the PL-480 Secretariat was set up to administer the approximately US$6 [...] | 2007-12-12 15:04:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV AGR FAO FAS IFAD IICA BL |
07LAPAZ3241 | AUTONOMIA! SCENARIOS FOR SANTA CRUZ [...] (C) Summary: When Santa Cruz leaders declare "autonomy" on December 15, they will be meeting their citizens' demands for more local control of regional resources, and at the same time rejecting outright the new ruling MAS party constitution. Although they insist they are not calling for indep [...] | 2007-12-12 23:06:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON ASEC BL |
07LAPAZ3243 | EVO BLASTS U.S. TO RALLY INCREASINGLY CRITICAL BASE [...] (C) Summary: Continuing his now nearly daily attacks on the United States, President Evo Morales told an El Alto crowd December 12 that "the U.S. Embassy is here to organize a conspiracy" against Morales' government. Harkening back to his days fighting "gringos" as a coca grower union leader, [...] | 2007-12-12 23:18:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PHUM PREL VN BL |
07LAPAZ3244 | FEARS OF OPPOSITION ROUND-UP [...] (C) In separate meetings with Senate President Jose Villavicencio (UN - Pando),Senator Fernando Romero (MNR - Beni),and Erick Reyes Villa (brother of Cochabamba governor Manfred Reyes Villa),all warned of a government plan to round-up opposition leaders (governors and civic committee presi [...] | 2007-12-12 23:38:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
07LAPAZ3253 | LOANS TO MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS [...] (U) The following is in response to a potential Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) program to support loans to Microfinancing Institutions (MFI) and, in particular, the Bolivian MFI, Fundacion Boliviana para el Desarrollo de la Mujer (FUNBODEM). FUNDOBEM is part of the Women's [...] | 2007-12-14 16:06:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON BL BR CO IN ID MX NU PK RP |
07LAPAZ3259 | DIESEL SHORTAGES: EXCUSES, BLAME, AND INFLATION [...] (SBU) Over the past four months, Bolivia has suffered repeated shortages of diesel, especially in the eastern, agricultural powerhouse of Santa Cruz where the concurrent winter harvest and summer planting seasons are hampered by fuel shortages. Logistical problems appear to be principally t [...] | 2007-12-14 18:41:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL FAS IICA AGR FAO IFAD BL |
07LAPAZ3270 | BOLIVIA CALM FOR PRODUCTIVE BRAZIL/CHILE SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary. Bolivian President Evo Morales joined his Brazilian and Chilean counterparts December 16 to sign a $900 million road project to link South America's Pacific and Atlantic coasts via Bolivia. He also received a $750 million commitment for natural gas investments from Brazil the next [...] | 2007-12-17 22:52:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | BL ECON PBTS PGOV PREL CI VE BR |
07LAPAZ3292 | SANTA CRUZ TAKING NO CHANCES WITH EVO [...] (C) After the peaceful celebration announcing the referendum drive for Santa Cruz autonomy on December 15, opposition leaders are taking no chances with Evo Morales and preparing for a difficult 2008. Santa Cruz leaders are under no illusion that Evo or the MAS will cede on any issue and th [...] | 2007-12-19 21:28:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC BL ECON PGOV PHUM PREL |
07LAPAZ3330 | BOLIVIA: EVO'S 2007 REPORT CARD [...] (C) Bolivian President Evo Morales's second year in office has been even more contentious than his first. On the international front, this year has included diplomatic scuffles with neighbors and increasing attacks against the United States and our mission in Bolivia. Domestically, conflict [...] | 2007-12-26 22:08:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EMIN PINR MNUC BL |
07LAPAZ334 | MINERS' COOPERATIVES CONVERGE ON LA PAZ [...] (U) An estimated 10,000 cooperative-affiliated miners converged on La Paz February 6 to protest proposed mining tax increases (ref A),vowing to remain in the city until the GOB accedes to their demands. Marchers brandished sticks of dynamite and threatened nationwide road blockades and other [...] | 2007-02-07 19:27:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL |
07LAPAZ363 | GOB, MINERS' COOPERATIVES SIGN AGREEMENT [...] (U) Two days of protests (ref A) culminated February 7 in a comprehensive agreement between the GOB and cooperative-affiliated miners. The GOB backed away from proposed mining tax increases -- putting them on hold until all parties reach consensus -- and yielded to other demands, agreeing to [...] | 2007-02-09 11:54:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL |
07LAPAZ370 | U.S. MINING COMPANIES EXPRESS CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM [...] (SBU) Coeur d'Alene executives told the Ambassador February 8 that GOB officials may move away from proposed across-the-board tax hikes (ref A) in favor of negotiating increases with individual firms. An Apex Silver executive later told Econoff that Vice President Garcia Linera promised Febru [...] | 2007-02-09 20:08:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL |
07LAPAZ38 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ELECTORAL COURT [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Bolivian Electoral Court President Salvador Romero Ballivian on January 5. President Romero sought the meeting to express his concern about attempts by the GOB to co-opt the independent court. President Morales, in a December 22 meeting, suggested that Romero, wh [...] | 2007-01-08 16:52:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
07LAPAZ383 | CODEL NELSON SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) Embassy La Paz warmly welcomes CODEL Nelson to Bolivia February 21. Shortly after indigenous coca leader Evo Morales' one-year anniversary as president, Bolivians find themselves again facing the social unrest that has plagued their country since 2003, but which had subsided after Morale [...] | 2007-02-13 10:51:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
07LAPAZ384 | GOB NATIONALIZES SWISS-OWNED TIN SMELTER [...] (C) President Morales nationalized a Swiss-owned tin smelter February 9, reportedly sending troops to occupy the facility while publicly announcing it would refuse to provide compensation. The GOB cited "grave illegalities" in the sale of the state-owned enterprise as justification, later ann [...] | 2007-02-13 11:34:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL SZ |
07LAPAZ387 | HYDROCARBONS: YPFB IN DISARRAY, NEW CONTRACTS [...] (C) Hydrocarbons Minister Villegas has proposed changes to the May 2005 hydrocarbons law to resolve inconsistencies with the May 2006 nationalization decree and the operation contracts signed last October. Bolivia's state-owned oil company YPFB continues to lack the structural and human capac [...] | 2007-02-13 15:02:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL |
07LAPAZ410 | GLENCORE OPPOSES SMELTER NATIONALIZATION [...] (U) In a February 13 statement issued from its Baar, Switzerland headquarters, Glencore International said it "firmly opposed" the GOB's February 9 nationalization of its Vinto tin smelter (reftel) and "reserved its right...to take all necessary action to protect its interests in accordance wi [...] | 2007-02-15 11:15:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL SZ |
07LAPAZ411 | CEJIS: LEFTIST LAND LAWYERS' INFLUENCE IN THE GOB [...] (SBU) Three former employees of the Center for Legal Studies and Social Research (CEJIS),a non-profit organization in Santa Cruz working to promote indigenous land rights, were named members of the GOB's cabinet in January, indicating the government's focus on land reform. A CEJIS representa [...] | 2007-02-15 11:16:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON PGOV SOCI BL |
07LAPAZ436 | ACCORD REACHED ON CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY VOTING RULES [...] (U) After MAS delegates approved their own proposal for the Constituent Assembly's voting system on February 13, MAS leadership allowed its delegates to return to the negotiating table and to compromise on their position late February 14. Under the modified agreement, constitutional changes wil [...] | 2007-02-16 12:48:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
07LAPAZ438 | GOB'S PROPOSED ELECTRICITY REFORMS [...] (SBU) Vice Minister of Electricity Villarroel said that the government hopes to pass a universal access law the first quarter of 2007 to expand rural electricity coverage. In addition, the government has begun strengthening the state-owned electricity company, ENDE, and is studying ways to re [...] | 2007-02-16 13:40:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ENRG BL |
07LAPAZ443 | GAS SALES TO BRAZIL: EVO SCORES -- AT LEAST IN THE [...] (SBU) The press announced on February 16 that Bolivia had reached agreement on the price of natural gas sales to Brazil after several months of negotiations. The press have trumpeted the agreement as a victory for President Morales, even though, in reality, the increase in revenues is modest. [...] | 2007-02-16 20:48:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV PREL BL |
07LAPAZ444 | SUCRE: CONTINUED CONCERNS ABOUT BOLIVIA'S JUDICIARY [...] (C) Summary: On his first trip to Sucre February 14-15, Ambassador Goldberg made courtesy calls on the Constituent Assembly's (CA) MAS leadership and the opposition, MAS Governor David Sanchez, the Supreme Court, the Constitutional Tribunal, and civic leaders and media analysts. In his meeti [...] | 2007-02-16 20:48:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
07LAPAZ500 | TERRORISM FINANCE: FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarches to Bolivia's Financial Intelligence Unit (UIF) on February 1. The UIF conducted a search of its database and told Econoff on February 23 that it had discovered no information on the names and organizations mentioned in refs A and B. (Note: The UIF's databa [...] | 2007-02-23 20:06:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KTFN PREL PTER SNAR BL |
07LAPAZ515 | BOLIVIA FLOODING SITREP 1: FEBRUARY 26, 2007 [...] (SBU) The worst flooding in Bolivia in 25 years has affected around 350,000 people, mainly in Bolivia's eastern departments of the Beni and Santa Cruz, causing over USD 100 million of damage to the agricultural sector and outbreaks of dengue fever and malaria. The governor of the Beni told the [...] | 2007-02-26 20:23:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID AMED ASUP CASC EAGR ECON PREL BL |
07LAPAZ523 | CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY: TIME IS NOT ON ITS SIDE [...] (C) Summary: Opposition Constituent Assembly (CA) member Carlos Goitia told poloff February 23 that although the CA is not likely to complete its work within its one year mandate, he thinks President Morales' Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party will oppose an extension. Press reports from F [...] | 2007-02-27 16:17:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
07LAPAZ527 | GOB AUTHORIZES JET FUEL IMPORTS [...] (U) In a February 16 supreme decree, the GOB authorized the importation of jet fuel, empowering YPFB, the state-owned oil company, to import enough fuel to meet domestic demand. The decree will presumably end fuel shortages dating from late 2006, when demand generated by increased carrier traff [...] | 2007-02-27 20:28:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PREL PGOV BL |
07LAPAZ528 | BOLIVIA FLOODING SITREP 2: FEBRUARY 27, 2007 [...] (U) Massive flooding continues to plague Bolivia's eastern departments of the Beni and Santa Cruz. - Damage estimates from the flooding described in reftel have risen to USD 250 million nationwide, according to press reports. - Flood waters have spread to new areas, and an outbreak of den [...] | 2007-02-27 20:31:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID AMED ASUP CASC EAGR ECON PREL BL |
07LAPAZ54 | MASISTAS TURN VIOLENT, COCHABAMBA PREFECT ATTACKED [...] (C) On January 8, Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) militants protesting for the resignation of Cochabamba's prefect (governor) attacked the prefect's building, resulting in at least twenty-two people injured, assaults on several journalists, significant damage to the prefecture's property, an [...] | 2007-01-09 21:03:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PHUM BL |
07LAPAZ55 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Foreign Minister Choquehuanca met the Ambassador January 8 to discuss the GOB's January 1 decree to require visas of U.S. citizen tourists. The Ambassador lamented the political nature of the decision. Choquehuanca defended the move on the grounds of national dignity, arguing that Boliv [...] | 2007-01-09 21:15:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
07LAPAZ550 | FOOT AND MOUTH OUTBREAK: VENEZUELA TO IMPORT [...] (SBU) The weakening of the institutional structure of Bolivia's animal health service (SENASAG) due to staff changes could endanger the progress that the U.S. Animal and Plant Health Service (APHIS) has made in combating animal and plant illnesses, and, in fact, may have already done so. An o [...] | 2007-02-28 15:07:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD BL |
07LAPAZ553 | BOLIVIA FLOODING SITREP 3: FEBRUARY 28, 2007 [...] (U) Massive flooding continues to plague the eastern Bolivian departments of the Beni and Santa Cruz and has begun to affect municipalities of Pando, a department bordering the Beni to the northwest. - Water levels continue to rise, affecting more than 40 percent of the territory of the Beni [...] | 2007-02-28 20:03:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AMED ASUP CASC EAGR ECON PREL BL |
07LAPAZ559 | GLENCORE GETS THE SILENT TREATMENT [...] (C) The GOB appears to have adopted the silent treatment after its February 9 nationalization of the Vinto tin smelter (reftel),ignoring overtures from Swiss-owned Glencore International and refusing to answer requests for dialogue. A Glencore representative said February 26 that executives e [...] | 2007-03-01 14:18:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL SZ |
07LAPAZ573 | BOLIVIA FLOODING SITREP 4: MARCH 1, 2007 [...] (U) Large parts of the departments of the Beni and Santa Cruz remain affected by massive floods. - GOB authorities estimate that flood waters have affected almost 35,000 families in the two departments, leaving 39 dead and six missing. - Dengue fever continues to spread, with 585 confirmed [...] | 2007-03-01 19:35:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID AMED ASUP CASC EAGR ECON PREL BL |
07LAPAZ574 | DEADLINES COME AND GO, MUTUN TALKS CONTINUE [...] (U) Deadlines have come and gone, but Mutun contract negotiations continue. The principal outstanding dispute centers on natural gas prices; as of February 28, the GOB and India's Jindal Steel and Power remained unable to reach agreement. Gas supplies are apparently uncertain, and communitie [...] | 2007-03-01 19:36:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN EINV ECON PGOV BL |
07LAPAZ593 | BOLIVIA FLOODING SITREP 5: MARCH 2, 2007 [...] (U) Large parts of the departments of the Beni and Santa Cruz remain affected by massive floods. - GOB authorities raised total estimates of affected families from 71,982 to 73,482, or more than 340,000 persons in eight out of nine departments. Civil Defense officials added that the deaths [...] | 2007-03-02 19:44:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AMED ASUP CASC EAGR ECON PREL BL |
07LAPAZ594 | GOB, JINDAL ANNOUNCE GAS PRICE AGREEMENT [...] (U) Days of intense negotiations resulted March 1 in a final agreement on the price of natural gas (reftel) employed in the development of Mutun, one of the world's largest iron ore deposits. India's Jindal Steel and Power agreed to pay $3.91 per million British thermal units (BTU) for gas use [...] | 2007-03-02 19:45:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN EINV ECON PGOV BL |
07LAPAZ595 | STATUS OF MINING TAX PROPOSALS UNCLEAR [...] (SBU) Apex Silver executives told the Charge February 28 that the GOB appears to have made little progress on proposed across-the-board mining tax increases, distracted as it has been by recent holidays, gas price negotiations, and massive flooding in Bolivia's east. A Coeur d'Alene executive [...] | 2007-03-02 19:47:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL |
07LAPAZ597 | MORALES TO TOBIAS: THANKS FOR THE ASSISTANCE [...] (C) As part of Director of Foreign Assistance and USAID Administrator Randall Tobias' visit to Bolivia, President Morales met with Tobias, WHA PDAS Charles Shapiro, and Ambassador Goldberg early March 2. Morales thanked Ambassador Tobias for U.S. natural disaster assistance, saying that this y [...] | 2007-03-02 20:38:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL SNAR BL |
07LAPAZ604 | BOLIVIA FLOODING SITREP 6: MARCH 5, 2007 [...] (U) Large parts of the departments of the Beni and Santa Cruz remain affected by massive floods (ref A). Although flood waters in Trinidad, capital of the Beni, have begun to recede, rivers are rising in other areas of the department and threaten to expand the flooding to those new areas. - [...] | 2007-03-05 17:46:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AMED ASUP CASC EAGR ECON PREL BL |
07LAPAZ621 | BOLIVIA FLOODING SITREP 7: MARCH 6, 2007 [...] (U) Large parts of the departments of the Beni and Santa Cruz remain affected by massive floods (reftel). Flood waters in Trinidad, the capital of the Beni, have begun to recede, but rivers throughout the department are rising and threatening new areas. In Pando, the department to the northw [...] | 2007-03-06 17:49:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AMED ASUP CASC EAGR ECON PREL BL |
07LAPAZ652 | BOLIVIA FEARS IMPACT OF PROPOSED MADEIRA RIVER DAMS [...] (U) Brazil's plans to build a giant two-dam complex on the Madeira River worry GOB officials and Bolivian environmental groups, which fear negative impacts on communities and ecosystems dependent on the river. According to representatives of a La Paz-based green group, the dams could disrupt [...] | 2007-03-08 11:32:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV BL |
07LAPAZ66 | AIRLINES REACT CAUTIOUSLY TO NEW VISA REQUIREMENTS [...] (U) Airline representatives reacted cautiously to the GOB's January 1 announcement of new visa requirements (ref A),noting that while they expected tourism to decline, they believed business travel would remain largely unaffected. Executives lamented the GOB's lack of preparation but said the [...] | 2007-01-10 19:41:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PREL PGOV BL |
07LAPAZ661 | CLIMATE CHANGE: BOLIVIA AT RISK [...] (U) Flooding in the eastern Bolivian department of the Beni (ref A) has prompted a media debate about the link between this latest catastrophe and climate change; it has also generated discussion of the long-term consequences of the latter. While current water levels are only five centimeters [...] | 2007-03-09 12:37:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV BL |
07LAPAZ679 | A MIXED RECEPTION FOR CHAVEZ IN BOLIVIA [...] (C) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez visited Bolivia March 10-11 to show solidarity with Bolivia's flooding victims. In the Beni department on March 10 before a trucked-in crowd of several thousand Bolivians, Chavez donated disaster assistance, including two helicopters and 40 tractors, and u [...] | 2007-03-12 19:04:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON BL VE |
07LAPAZ688 | TOBIAS MEETING WITH JUSTICE SECTOR [...] (C) Visiting Director of Foreign Assistance and USAID Administrator Randall Tobias and visiting WHA PDAS Charles Shapiro met March 2 with senior judicial officials who expressed concerns about GOB threats to the courts' independence. The judges argued that the Morales administration would use [...] | 2007-03-13 14:29:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
07LAPAZ695 | BOLIVIA'S CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION PLAN: MITIGATE AND [...] (U) Bolivian efforts to address the potential impact of climate change (reftel) include both mitigation and adaptation strategies. While much of the country's five-year action plan has yet to be implemented, GOB officials accept evidence of climate change and appear committed to taking initia [...] | 2007-03-13 19:05:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON PGOV BL |
07LAPAZ696 | EL ALTO: YOUNG, POOR, AND A POLITICAL FORCE [...] (SBU) El Alto, Bolivia's fastest growing and second largest city, celebrated its 22nd anniversary March 6. The average Alteno, as residents of El Alto are called, is young, poor, indigenous, and a recent migrant to the city. To many observers, El Alto appears to be the most capitalist city in [...] | 2007-03-13 19:44:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
07LAPAZ701 | GOB SUBMITS CANDIDATE FOR IACHR [...] (U) The Bolivian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, via diplomatic note, has notified Embassy La Paz that the GOB plans to present a second candidate for commissioner to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) at the June 2007 election. Dr. Elizabeth Iniguez de Salinas, the candidate, [...] | 2007-03-14 12:54:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL ECON BL |
07LAPAZ707 | HYDROCARBONS PROBLEMS ABOUND [...] (C) While hydrocarbons "nationalization" remains intensely popular, GOB mismanagement of the process has taken some of the bloom off the rose in recent weeks. Erroneous versions of the new operating contracts signed in October 2006, sent by the executive to congress, were approved by congress [...] | 2007-03-14 16:20:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL |
07LAPAZ715 | REAPING THE REWARDS OF THE CLEAN DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) Bolivia hopes to mitigate the potential impact of climate change (reftels) by taking advantage of the Kyoto Protocol's clean development mechanism, which allows industrialized countries committed to greenhouse gas reductions to invest in emission reduction projects in developing countries. [...] | 2007-03-15 13:15:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ECON PGOV BL |
07LAPAZ72 | CODEL REID VISIT TO LA PAZ, BOLIVIA [...] (C) On December 27 ) 29, Senator Harry Reid led a six-member delegation including Senators Durbin, Conrad, Gregg, Bennett, and Salazar to La Paz, Bolivia to meet with President Evo Morales and review US assistance and counter-narcotics policies. The delegation was briefed by Ambassador Goldb [...] | 2007-01-10 21:02:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
07LAPAZ725 | BOLIVIA'S NATIONAL CARRIER: FLYING ON EMPTY AGAIN [...] (SBU) Just months after Lloyd Aereo Boliviano executives outlined a bright future for Bolivia's national carrier (ref A),the airline finds itself struggling to make ends meet. Aircraft problems have forced the carrier to reduce services, and rising expenses have cut into profits and constraine [...] | 2007-03-16 16:30:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV BL |
07LAPAZ731 | GOB DEFENDS MCC IN THE PRESS [...] (SBU) On March 14, a respected opposition-leaning La Paz newspaper claimed that Bolivia had lost the USD 600 million that it hoped to gain from the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). The following day, the paper published interviews with Ambassador Goldberg and Bolivia's MCC coordinator [...] | 2007-03-16 20:23:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON BL |
07LAPAZ732 | PLANNING MINISTER INTERESTED IN TRADE AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Planning Minister Loza told the Ambassador that he is interested in pursuing a new type of trade agreement with the United States and emphasized the importance of donor coordination. He argued that the state development bank would be a regulated, second tier institution that would have [...] | 2007-03-16 20:24:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EINV ETRD BL |
07LAPAZ733 | BOLIVIA FLOODING SITREP 8: MARCH 16, 2007 [...] (U) Flood waters in the departments of the Beni and Santa Cruz (reftel) have begun to recede. - GOB authorities estimate that flooding has affected almost 85,000 families (approximately 400,000 people) in eight out of nine departments, with 53 fatalities. - Health reports indicate 2,450 su [...] | 2007-03-16 20:26:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AMED ASUP CASC EAGR ECON PREL BL |
07LAPAZ75 | COCHABAMBA UPDATE: TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH [...] (SBU) Following the January 8 violent attacks on the Cochabamba prefecture by MAS militants, Cochabamba remains isolated due its encirclement by MAS activists. The Cochabamba civic committee called for a peace demonstration on January 9 but the rally was canceled after MAS militants threw roc [...] | 2007-01-10 21:27:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
07LAPAZ751 | MORALES RENEWS VERBAL ATTACKS ON MAINSTREAM MEDIA [...] (SBU) President Morales renewed his attacks on the mainstream media this week. First, he attacked leading daily newspaper La Razon March 14 for errors in its reporting on a decrease in hydrocarbons revenues and the GOB's loss of Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) funds (septel). On March 13 [...] | 2007-03-19 19:11:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
07LAPAZ793 | BANK OF THE SOUTH: FREE LUNCH FOR BOLIVIA? [...] (C) President Morales announced on March 11 that Bolivia would join the Bank of the South. Central Bank President Raul Garron told the Ambassador that the Central Bank has not committed to providing any contributions to the Bank of the South. Inter-American Development Bank Resrep Joel Bransk [...] | 2007-03-22 14:39:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN EINV PREL BL |
07LAPAZ795 | CHANGE IN MORALES' RE-ELECTION STRATEGY [...] (SBU) President Morales' Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party is now openly signaling that a changed constitution will restart the electoral clock from zero, opening the door to a new Morales mandate in 2008. MAS leaders say that following approval of Bolivia's new constitution, the yet-to-b [...] | 2007-03-22 17:20:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
07LAPAZ80 | GOB RESCINDS AGUAS DEL ILLIMANI CONTRACT [...] (SBU) On January 3, President Morales rescinded the operating contract of Aguas del Illimani, a subsidiary of France,s Suez Group, and announced the creation of a new state-run enterprise to oversee the provision of water and sanitation services in La Paz and El Alto. The company's CFO said J [...] | 2007-01-11 19:41:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL |
07LAPAZ801 | VENEZUELA RAISES BARRIERS FOR BOLIVIAN EXPORTS [...] (U) The Bolivian Institute of Foreign Trade revealed March 20 that Venezuela had introduced new obstacles for Bolivian exports, after a February 28 decision by the Venezuelan government to import only what Venezuela does not produce or makes in insufficient quantity. The new barriers undermine [...] | 2007-03-22 18:08:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL |
07LAPAZ83 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH COCHABAMBA PREFECT REGARDING [...] (C) Cochabamba Prefect Manfred Reyes Villa met with the Ambassador January 11 to discuss orchestrated political violence occurring in Cochabamba. Reyes told the Ambassador he would not resign from the governorship and expressed his strong concerns about the state of Bolivian democracy, sayin [...] | 2007-01-11 21:14:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
07LAPAZ84 | COCHABAMBA: FIGHTING ERUPTS, TURNS DEADLY [...] (U) On January 11 at 4:15 local time, violent confrontations between pro-GOB (mostly cocaleros) and anti-GOB forces in Cochabamba, Bolivia's third largest city, resulted in at least one death and over one hundred injured. This followed earlier skirmishes. The city had been paralyzed all day b [...] | 2007-01-11 21:49:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON PHUM BL |
07LAPAZ850 | WOULD-BE IMMIGRANTS TEMPORARILY TAKE SANTA CRUZ [...] (U) Frustrated by repeated delays, an estimated 300 Lloyd Aereo Boliviano passengers temporarily "took" Santa Cruz' Viru Viru International Airport March 27, angrily confronting Lloyd employees and demanding that the carrier operate scheduled flights to Madrid. Thousands of Bolivians have dep [...] | 2007-03-28 18:16:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV BL |
07LAPAZ855 | AIRLINE EXECUTIVES DETAINED, MADRID FEVER RISES [...] (U) Bolivian authorities detained three Lloyd Aereo Boliviano executives March 28 on charges of fraud. Passengers have accused the carrier of collecting an estimated $2.4 million in ticket sales for flights it never intended to operate; according to the Santa Cruz district attorney, the money [...] | 2007-03-29 16:49:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV BL |
07LAPAZ859 | VENEZUELA SUPPORTING BOLIVIAN MAYORS [...] (S/NF) Summary: Post has received reports of Venezuelans making direct payments to Bolivian mayors in order to garner support for President Morales in the run-up to the proposed 2008 national elections. In mid-March, an Embassy official received a copy of a $50,000 check from the Government of [...] | 2007-03-29 20:00:00 | Embassy La Paz | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON PGOV PREL BL VE |
07LAPAZ865 | BOLIVIA SLIDES TOWARDS ELECTIONS? [...] (C) Summary: With national elections generally expected to take place in late 2008 (reftel),there are rumors in the indigenous community that President Morales could choose Constituent Assembly President Silvia Lazarte as his running mate. As with the December 2005 and July 2006 elections, th [...] | 2007-03-30 17:08:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
07LAPAZ870 | GAS "NATIONALIZATION" -- MORE POLITICAL SHOW THAN [...] Despite President Morales' claim that hydrocarbons "nationalization" will bring in billions of dollars of additional income for the state, in fact, the Morales administration's actions will not significantly impact future GOB revenues. Although "nationalization" will not boost GOB hydrocarbon [...] | 2007-04-02 10:22:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL |
07LAPAZ884 | BOLIVIA'S NATIONAL CARRIER: FINALLY GROUNDED? [...] (U) Bolivia's transportation superintendent suspended Lloyd Aereo Boliviano's domestic and international operations March 30, citing the firm's frequent flight cancellations and shaky finances. The carrier now has 90 days in which to demonstrate operating capacity and financial solvency; if it [...] | 2007-04-02 19:56:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV BL |
07LAPAZ902 | LLOYD PASSENGERS STRANDED IN BOLIVIA AND ABROAD [...] (U) Bolivia's transportation superintendent stated April 2 that an estimated 400 Lloyd Aereo Boliviano passengers are stranded in domestic and international airports, with travelers detained not only in Santa Cruz and Cochabamba, but also in Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Panama City, Caracas, and [...] | 2007-04-03 19:35:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV BL |
07LAPAZ903 | COOPERATIVE MINERS "TAKE" CERRO RICO [...] (U) Press reports indicate that approximately 16,000 cooperative miners "took" Cerro Rico, the mountain that supplies much of Bolivia's silver, April 2, demanding that the GOB retreat from a proposed decree suspending surface mining activity above 4,400 meters. The GOB has argued that mining [...] | 2007-04-03 19:36:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL |
07LAPAZ914 | AG MINISTER SEEKS ENHANCED BILATERAL COOPERATION [...] (SBU) In an April 4 meeting with the Ambassador, Agriculture Minister Susana Rivero sought enhanced bilateral cooperation, noting that assistance could help ensure the success of a comprehensive agricultural development plan. Rivero touched briefly on new GOB efforts to "rationalize" coca, not [...] | 2007-04-05 14:48:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON PREL PGOV BL |
07LAPAZ919 | REGIONAL DELEGATES- GOVERNMENT COORDINATORS OR [...] (C) Summary: On April 2, President Morales appointed eight regional delegates to coordinate GOB activities in their respective departments. According to Morales, the role of the delegates is to act as an intermediary between the national government and regional prefects, mayors, and social se [...] | 2007-04-05 19:45:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
07LAPAZ96 | COCHABAMABA UPDATE: QUIETER BUT TENSIONS REMAIN [...] (C) Cochabamba remained mostly calm throughout the night and during the day of January 12, following the violence of January 11. According to Police Inspector General Fernando Pelaez, there were two deaths and approximately 150 injured on January 11. Early January 12, President Morales calle [...] | 2007-01-12 21:52:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PHUM BL |
07LIBREVILLE126 | GABON TO RECEIVE A THREE-YEAR IMF PROGRAM [...] Summary: After over a year of discussions, the IMF and the Government of Gabon (GoG) have reached a preliminary agreement on a three-year standby arrangement. The program will go to the IMF Board in May 2007 and will focus on budget sustainability, improving the management of public finances, [...] | 2007-03-13 10:39:00 | Embassy Libreville | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV GB |
07LIBREVILLE224 | GABON WILL SEEK EARLY PARIS CLUB REPAYMENT [...] (C) Summary: On May 10, the Gabonese Finance Minister briefed the cabinet on Gabon's new three-year IMF agreement, and said the GoG will now seek early repayment of Paris Club debt. Gabon's external debt burden is moderate and declining, thanks to high oil prices, although new borrowing is up [...] | 2007-05-14 13:45:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV GB |
07LIBREVILLE44 | WHERE'S STP'S OIL MONEY? [...] (U) As indicated in reftel, the signing bonuses for Blocks 2, 3 and 4 of the Sao Tome and Principe/Nigeria Joint Development Zone totaled $201 million, with STP's share being $80.4 million and Nigeria's $120.6 million. However, because of a disastrous deal STP signed with Environmental Remedia [...] | 2007-01-25 12:29:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON TP GB NI EFIN ENRG |
07LIBREVILLE492 | GABON: FOREIGN MINISTER PING RESPONSIVE TO FATF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-07 15:15:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PARM MNUC GB IR |
07LIBREVILLE81 | MAROC TELECOM TAKES GABON TELECOM [...] Summary: On February 9, 2007, the Government of Gabon awarded Maroc Telecom a 51 stake in Gabon Telecom for approximately USD 78 million. (The French company Vivendi owns 51 of Maroc Telecom.) This concludes the privatization process of Gabon Telecom, which originally began in 2003 and which [...] | 2007-02-14 10:46:00 | Embassy Libreville | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EINT ECPS ECON EFIN GB |
07LIBREVILLE88 | LIGHTS OUT IN LIBREVILLE [...] Summary: Gabon's capital continues to suffer from rolling blackouts, which began two weeks ago. The electric company, Societe d'Energie et d'Eau du Gabon (SEEG),states that due to low rainfall and high temperatures, its hydroelectric dams are unable to meet demand. Gabonese are not used to p [...] | 2007-02-21 12:18:00 | Embassy Libreville | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ECON EIND EINV GB |
07LILONGWE126 | MALAWI AND IMF POSTPONE PRGF REVIEW OVER BUDGETARY [...] (SBU) Summary. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Resident Representative in Malawi, Thomas Baunsgaard, notified post on February 15 that the IMF and the Government of Malawi (GOM) had agreed to a "short" postponement of the IMF Board's third review of the Malawi Poverty Reduction and Grow [...] | 2007-02-16 11:08:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV EAGR EAID PGOV ECON MI |
07LILONGWE164 | MALAWI SIGNS URANIUM MINING AGREEMENT [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Malawi has signed an agreement with Australian mining firm Paladin Resources to develop a uranium mine at Kayelekera, in the far northern region of the country. The agreement envisions a 10-year project that will produce approximately 1,000 metric tons of yellowc [...] | 2007-03-02 09:25:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EINV EMIN ETRD PGOV MI |
07LILONGWE182 | MALAWI INPUT FOR 2007 PRESIDENT'S REPORT ON AGOA [...] Following is Embassy's update for the annual President's Report on AGOA, in response to reftel request. Paragraphs/topics are organized according to the report template and instructions. 2. Market Economy/Economic Reform: The government has generally made a commitment to a market-based econ [...] | 2007-03-12 13:35:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON PHUM PGOV MI |
07LILONGWE196 | MALAWI EARNS IMPROVED CREDIT RATING [...] (U) Summary: Malawi's sovereign credit rating has improved from "CCC" to "B minus", according to a newly-released assessment by international credit rating agency Fitch Ratings. The Millennium Challenge-funded evaluation praises the sound fiscal management of the Mutharika government and predi [...] | 2007-03-15 08:22:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EFIN PGOV MI |
07LILONGWE321 | MALAWI -- IMF REVIEW POSITIVE, BUT CAUTIONARY ON [...] (U) Summary. An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Calvin MacDonald provided a positive assessment of Malawi's performance under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) program during an April 12 outbrief. The team praised Malawi's robust economic growth, significantly [...] | 2007-04-26 13:03:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV EAGR EAID PGOV ECON MI |
07LILONGWE415 | MUTHARIKA'S THIRD YEAR: REFORM CONTINUES, BUT SLOWLY [...] (SBU) Summary: President Mutharika in May marked the completion of his third year in office. As with his first two years, the president's record in this past twelve months is one of mixed success. Mutharika has overseen a substantial improvement in Malawi's economy, but slow action in enactin [...] | 2007-06-01 14:02:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON EAID MI |
07LILONGWE418 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED - NEW WORLD BANK PRESIDENT [...] Poloff met with Director of Political Affairs Paul Chiunguzeni on June 4, 2007 to discuss reftel talking points. Chiunguzeni thanked Poloff for the information regarding Mr. Zoellick's candidacy for the post, however could not comment on Malawi's intentions regarding the appointment. Any furth [...] | 2007-06-04 14:35:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN IBRD MI |
07LILONGWE753 | MALAWI: APPROACHING MCA ELIGIBILITY DECISION POINT [...] (SBU) Summary: Malawi is making strong progress on a number of fronts as the country approaches this year's MCA eligibility decision point, while continuing to struggle with some intractable political problems. Rapid economic growth has continued over the past year, while inflation has fallen [...] | 2007-10-03 12:42:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PGOV MI |
07LILONGWE778 | IMF GIVES MALAWI ECONOMY A THUMBS UP [...] Summary. In an October 9 briefing to Heads of Mission, the IMF presented a solidly favorable view of the GOM's economic performance and the outlook for the next year. The meeting highlighted strong economic indicators virtually across the board, with only a couple weak areas. The review un [...] | 2007-10-17 14:16:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EAID MI |
07LILONGWE793 | MCC DELEGATION VISIT TO MALAWI [...] (SBU) Summary: A three-person delegation from the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC),led by Threshold Program Director Malik Chaka, visited Malawi October 3-7, 2007. The delegation assessed the implementation of the Malawi Threshold Country Plan (TCP),both in terms of USAID management of [...] | 2007-10-23 14:22:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PGOV MI |
07LILONGWE845 | MALAWI: MCC THRESHOLD SUCCESS STORIES [...] Summary: The 20.92 million USD Millennium Challenge Threshold Program in Malawi has achieved its goals using targeted projects across multiple sectors to combat corruption. The most recent milestone was the establishment of an internal affairs unit at the Malawi Police Service after an 18-mont [...] | 2007-11-13 12:46:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID PGOV MI |
07LILONGWE85 | MALAWI POISED FOR GOOD MAIZE HARVEST, BUT LOW [...] Summary: Although it is too early to say for certain, Malawi appears to be headed for another year of surplus maize production, the result of good rains, improved maize seed provided donors, and an extremely expensive, but generally effective, government subsidy program that supplied fertilize [...] | 2007-01-31 14:44:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON PGOV MI |
07LILONGWE866 | MALAWI - MCC'S TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITY PROVES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Mutharika and other government leaders expressed public disappointment and frustration with the 2007 Transparency International (TI) corruption perception ratings for Malawi. Mutharika's main criticism was that TI had no local representation and was dealing with old i [...] | 2007-11-21 07:06:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON KMCA MI |
07LILONGWE877 | MALAWI SITUATION REPORT NUMBER XX - DISASTER ALERT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The first floods and hail storms of this rainy season are reported to have occurred between November 7-16 in seven districts: Chikwawa, Nsanje, Phalombe, Mwanza, Mangochi and Machinga in southern Malawi, and Mzimba in the north. According to the Department of Poverty and Disaster [...] | 2007-11-26 15:08:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EAGR MI |
07LILONGWE949 | SELF-HELP INTERIM OBLIGATION REPORT - MALAWI [...] Post submits the following summary of cumulative Self-Help interim obligation report. All activities prior to FY06 have been completed and closed out. ---------------- FY 2007 Projects ---------------- 2. Project Name: Kalwe Gravity-fed Water Project UODN No.: 612-SH-00-07-00001- [...] | 2007-12-20 14:48:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON AFIN |
07LIMA1266 | MINOR ANOMALY FOUND IN CAMISEA PIPELINE [...] SUMMARY: On April 3, Camisea pipeline operator TGP detected an anomaly in the gas liquids pipeline and took measures to remediate the problem. This is the only anomaly reported for the 2006-7 rainy season (now ending),during which the sodden earth has historically caused problems. A "smart p [...] | 2007-04-04 21:10:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON ETRD EAID SENV PE |
07LIMA1271 | TREASURY SECRETARY PAULSON MEETS WITH PERU'S [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Garcia received Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson March 20 for a discussion of the Peruvian economy, regional developments and his upcoming visit to Washington. Secretary Paulson reaffirmed the Administration and President Bush's determination to secure passage by Cong [...] | 2007-04-04 22:11:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON OVIP ETRD PGOV PREL PE |
07LIMA1451 | MAHOGANY IN PERU: A PRIMER [...] SUMMARY: This cable lays out the basic facts of traded mahogany wood in Peru. 2006 Mahogany exports were worth about $30 million, about 17% of all timber exported. Approximately 90% of all exported mahogany goes to the U.S market. Mahogany is an Appendix II species under the International E [...] | 2007-04-18 22:43:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR SENV ETRD EAID ECON PE |
07LIMA149 | PERU SECTION 1377 TELECOM REVIEW [...] (U) Per reftel, Econoff provided Peruvian telecom regulator OSIPTEL with NII Holdings' (Nextel) public comments and informed OSIPTEL of USTR's deadline for voluntary replies. As a follow-up, Econoff met with OSIPTEL's Manager for Regulatory Policies and Strategic Planning Jose Gallardo and se [...] | 2007-01-18 20:18:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS ETRD USTR PE |
07LIMA1511 | PERU: REQUEST FOR FORCED LABOR AND CHILD LABOR [...] Per reftel, post has contacted host government officials, NGOs, business and labor groups, and international organizations to obtain updated national-level information on labor law and practice in Peru in 2006. In most cases, the Ministry of Labor and Employment Promotion (MTPE) was the most [...] | 2007-04-24 16:40:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN ECON ELAB ETRD EAID PE |
07LIMA1572 | PERU: REQUEST FOR UPDATED INFORMATION FOR DOL [...] Per e-mail reference, post has contacted host government officials to collect updated information for the Department of Labor's Labor Rights Report. In most cases, the Ministry of Labor and Employment Promotion (MTPE) was the most appropriate point of contact, although in some cases the data [...] | 2007-04-27 21:00:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN ECON ELAB ETRD EAID PE |
07LIMA1573 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR IRS OFFICIALS [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Marcelle Dietsche Johns, Management Program Analyst, and Sandra L. Stolt, Program Manager, from May 25 to June 1, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to attend and participate in the money service business (MSB) workshop sponsore [...] | 2007-04-27 22:12:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CFED ECON OTRA IRS PE |
07LIMA1591 | SCENE SETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE [...] (SBU) Your visit provides an excellent opportunity to build on the success of President Garcia's recent trip to Washington and to reaffirm our message that democratic government and openness to trade and investment, coupled with proactive policies to improve social justice, are the best means [...] | 2007-05-01 00:00:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EFIN PE |
07LIMA1677 | PERU: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR DOL LABOR RIGHTS [...] Peru's Ministry of Labor and Employment Promotion (MTPE) has provided additional information to update reftel B. Responses are keyed to the e-mail reference cited above. 2. MTPE assistance for negotiated collective bargaining agreements: In 2006, the MTPE provided assistance in 541 coll [...] | 2007-05-09 18:12:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN ECON ELAB ETRD EAID PE |
07LIMA1774 | PERU LNG: NEW PIPE, BUT NO NEW JUNGLE PIPELINE [...] SUMMARY: Camisea gas transporter TGP and Peru LNG operator Hunt Oil agreed to a tariff for TGP to transport Peru LNG gas for the jungle portion of the shared gas pipeline. This agreement obviates any need that might have seemed present for a new gas pipeline to be laid in the environmentally an [...] | 2007-05-17 16:44:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON ETRD EAID SENV PE |
07LIMA1775 | PERU LNG: NEW PIPE, BUT NO NEW JUNGLE PIPELINE [...] SUMMARY: Camisea gas transporter TGP and Peru LNG operator Hunt Oil agreed to a tariff for TGP to transport Peru LNG gas for the jungle portion of the shared gas pipeline. This agreement obviates any need that might have seemed present for a new gas pipeline to be laid in the environmentally an [...] | 2007-05-17 16:44:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON ETRD EAID SENV PE |
07LIMA1804 | THE SNIP SNIPPED: STREAMLINED PUBLIC PROJECTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: With Economy/Finance (MEF) Minister Luis Carranza out of the country, President Garcia issued an emergency decree allowing Regional Presidents to approve public investment projects based solely on project summaries, effectively dismantling the Finance Ministry's Public Investment S [...] | 2007-05-18 21:37:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EINV EAID PE |
07LIMA1805 | MINING STRIKE ENDS BUT CHALLENGES REMAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: The recent strike by the National Federation of Mining, Metallurgy, and Steel Workers ended after the government promised to create a national commission, headed by the Minister of Labor, to address issues raised by the union. In public, union leaders declared victory and note [...] | 2007-05-18 22:18:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN ELAB EINV ENRG PGOV ECON PE |
07LIMA1944 | PERU'S FINANCIAL INTEL UNIT MERGING WITH BANKING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 31, the Peruvian Congress passed a law moving Peru's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) into the Superintendency of Banking, Securities and Pension Funds (SBS). This law reverses the GOP's March 1 Supreme Decree which ordered the FIU's incorporation into the Ministry of [...] | 2007-06-01 21:15:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN ECON SNAR PGOV PE |
07LIMA2019 | PERU: IPR ENFORCEMENT TRAINING PROPOSAL [...] (U) The Peruvian Government has shown a commitment to improving IPR enforcement by establishing courts and prosecutorial offices focused on IP issues in December 2006 and January 2007, and by committing to the provisions of the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement's (PTPA) IPR chapter. These ne [...] | 2007-06-08 22:10:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON PE |
07LIMA2026 | DECENTRALIZATION: GOVERNMENT AMBIVALENCE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Decentralization -- the transfer of administrative responsibility from the national government to regions and municipalities -- is a cornerstone of the Garcia government's state reform plan. In pursuit of this policy, President Garcia recently signed a decree transferring 185 f [...] | 2007-06-11 15:19:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD EINV PE |
07LIMA2097 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROBERT ZOELLICK AND STAFFORD [...] (U) The Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Robert Zoellick, USG nominee for President of the World Bank and Treasury Official George Edward Stafford Via, from June 16 - 17, 2007. The purpose of the travel is conduct consultations and meetings. When depar [...] | 2007-06-15 16:50:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN OTRA ASEC PE |
07LIMA2099 | HARMONIZING USG COOPERATION IN FORESTRY SECTOR [...] Summary: With some of the most diverse ecosystems in the world, Peru seeks to find a balance between protecting its environment and deriving economic benefits from its natural resources. As a vote in the U.S. Congress on the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA) approaches, the GOP will [...] | 2007-06-15 18:52:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID ETRD EAGR ECON USTR PE |
07LIMA210 | PERU'S EXPORTS OF GOODS SURGE 36 PERCENT IN 2006 [...] On January 23, Trade Minister Araoz presented the GOP's official export statistics for 2006. Peruvian exports totaled USD 23.431 billion (all figures are FOB),35.6 higher than in 2005, and accounted for just over a quarter of Peru's GDP. Exports were the biggest contributors to Peru's impr [...] | 2007-01-25 18:06:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EAGR EMIN ENRG USTR PE |
07LIMA2106 | EMBASSY LIMA NOMINATES INTEL FOR SECRETARY'S AWARD [...] Embassy Lima is pleased to nominate Intel Semiconductores del Peru S.A. for the Secretary of State's 2007 Award for Corporate Excellence. Intel Corporation's office in Peru is an outstanding example of Intel's commitment to corporate social responsibility, education and bridging the digital [...] | 2007-06-15 22:49:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ECON EINV ELAB ETRD USTR AID PE |
07LIMA2135 | CONGRESS LABOR COMMITTEE ON THE GENERAL LABOR LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: Two pro-labor members of Congress's labor committee described efforts to overcome remaining obstacles to the draft General Labor Law (GLL) and their hope that Congress will approve the law by the end of the year. They warned that critics were nitpicking to death an historic pi [...] | 2007-06-19 18:34:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM ECON PE |
07LIMA2250 | PERU'S CONGRESS APPROVES AMENDMENTS TO FREE TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary: Almost a year to the day after passing the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA),the Peruvian Congress approved the agreement's subsequent amendments June 27 by vote of 70 to 38, with one abstention. Following two hours of spirited debate, the three major political blocs, [...] | 2007-06-28 22:12:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PGOV PE |
07LIMA2259 | PERU: REQUEST FOR UPDATED INFORMATION FOR DOL PERU [...] Per e-mail reference, post has contacted host government officials to clarify information previously provided for DOL's Peru Labor Rights Report. In most cases, the Ministry of Labor and Employment Promotion (MTPE) was the most appropriate source of information, although in some cases the da [...] | 2007-07-03 12:03:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN ECON ELAB ETRD EAID PE |
07LIMA2299 | PERU: DOL REQUEST FOR EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION [...] Per reftel, post provides the following information for mandatory US-Peru Free Trade Agreement reporting requirements. The Ministry of Labor and Employment Promotion (MTPE) provided the information cited, although in some cases the data requested was not available. Responses are keyed to re [...] | 2007-07-05 20:39:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN ECON ELAB ETRD PE |
07LIMA2319 | PERU'S SEASON OF PROTEST [...] (U) Comment: Widespread protests across different regions of Peru have led some political observers -- like Peru Nationalist Party President Ollanta Humala -- to suggest the GOP may be losing control in the countryside (see septel),and President Garcia has made several public appeals for ca [...] | 2007-07-06 21:23:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN ELAB EINV ENRG PGOV ECON PE |
07LIMA2322 | AIR POLLUTION IN LIMA WORSENING [...] SUMMARY: A recent report issued by Peru's National Institute for Statistics and Information (INEI) concludes that Lima's air quality is deteriorating. For example, airborne lead particles have increased by 119 percent compared with 2006. All of the air pollutant levels for Lima are signific [...] | 2007-07-06 22:24:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI ALOW AMED AODE ECON USTR PE |
07LIMA2345 | PERU FORECASTS 7% GDP GROWTH FOR 2007, SHIFTS [...] In its latest medium-term economic report, the GOP raised its forecasted GDP growth rate for 2007 to 7.0 percent from its August 2006 forecast of 5.5 percent. This reviewed increase is in line with the Central Bank's May 2007 poll of local financial institutions and economists. The GOP repor [...] | 2007-07-09 22:16:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI PGOV ETRD PE |
07LIMA2347 | PERU FORECASTS 7% GDP GROWTH FOR 2007, SHIFTS [...] In its latest medium-term economic report, the GOP raised its forecasted GDP growth rate for 2007 to 7.0 percent from its August 2006 forecast of 5.5 percent. This reviewed increase is in line with the Central BankQs May 2007 poll of local financial institutions and economists. The GOP repor [...] | 2007-07-10 13:41:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI PGOV ETRD PE |
07LIMA2400 | PERU FACES A "TORNADO OF PROTESTS" [...] (SBU) Summary: Peru is facing, in the words of one local commentator, a "tornado of protests," as organized labor, teachers, regional officials, and others have taken to the streets to call attention to a wide variety of grievances. Government officials and political analysts cite different causes [...] | 2007-07-13 16:48:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ELAB PE PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
07LIMA2430 | GARCIA ON THE FTA, PROTESTS AND NEED TO EXPEDITE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a 30-minute farewell call July 9 at the Presidential Palace, President Garcia and Ambassador Struble discussed the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA),the current wave of nationwide strikes and the difficulties the GOP has had in freeing up government funds for much-ne [...] | 2007-07-16 22:30:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PGOV USTR PE |
07LIMA2542 | SCENESETTER FOR UNDERSECRETARY HUGHES [...] (SBU) Summary: You will arrive in Peru as President Alan Garcia closes his first year in office with a bang and with a whimper. The bang is the probable approval by the U.S. Congress of the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA). The PTPA has been the centerpiece of Garcia's market-orien [...] | 2007-07-26 20:13:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR ECON ETRD PHUM PE |
07LIMA2617 | PRESIDENT APOLOGIZES FOR SLOW PACE OF REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: In his July 28 National Day address, President Garcia apologized for the central government's failure to move quickly to address social demands, which he said had helped spark widespread protests. Garcia outlined an ambitious agenda for his next four years, focusing on poverty [...] | 2007-08-02 14:47:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR ECON ETRD PHUM PE |
07LIMA276 | NEW GOP POINT MAN ON PTPA GOES TO WASHINGTON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: David Lemor, the GOP's de facto point man on the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA) told us January 19 that the GOP would now take a more internally coordinated and energetic approach in pushing for U.S. Congressional approval of the agreement. He travels to Washingto [...] | 2007-01-31 17:24:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAGR PGOV USTR PE |
07LIMA2849 | PERU: 8.0 QUAKE SHAKES ICA ECONOMY [...] The GOP has not yet issued an official assessment of the earthquake's economic effects and it is still early to gauge the disaster's full repercussions. Respected private sector analysts and Embassy officers and contacts have begun to evaluate the economic impacts of the massive August 15 ear [...] | 2007-08-20 21:31:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON ETRD SENV ENRG USTR PE |
07LIMA2850 | PERU - EARTHQUAKE: SITUATION REPORT #1 [...] (U) Summary. As of August 19, the death toll in Peru from the August 15 earthquake, which occurred at 1840 hours local time, is 521 people. Following the August 16 U.S. Ambassador's disaster declaration for the earthquake in Peru and within 16 hours of the earthquake, the U.S. Embassy in Lim [...] | 2007-08-20 21:48:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON ETRD SENV ENRG USTR PE XM XR |
07LIMA2860 | POSITIVE GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO EARTHQUAKE SO FAR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government's swift response to the August 15 earthquake, with President Garcia and several key ministers quickly taking charge on site in Ica, earned it early public kudos. Lapses in communication, security and effective victims' assistance have since eroded the image of c [...] | 2007-08-22 22:46:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID ECON XM XR PE |
07LIMA2951 | PERU - EARTHQUAKE: SITUATION REPORT #4 [...] (U) Summary. On August 29, U.S. Ambassador McKinley and a team of representatives from the U.S. Embassy in Lima, USAID/Peru, and USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) traveled to Pisco Province to visit earthquake-affected areas. The Ambassador visited Pisco's downt [...] | 2007-09-04 11:50:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PE XM XR ECON ETRD SENV ENRG USTR |
07LIMA2984 | PERU - EARTHQUAKE: SITUATION REPORT #5 [...] (U) Summary. Between August 28 and 29, the USAID team, comprising representatives from USAID/Peru and USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA),conducted assessments of earthquake-affected districts in Huaytara Province, Huancavelica Region, and Yauyos Province, Lima Re [...] | 2007-09-05 18:17:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PE XM XR ECON ETRD SENV ENRG USTR |
07LIMA3060 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF SECRETARY GUTIERREZ [...] (SBU) Summary: You will arrive in Peru at a good time for President Alan Garcia. Last month, the government statistics office declared that poverty rates had declined significantly to 44.5%. Last week, President Garcia took his first steps on the world stage at the APEC Summit in Sydney, an [...] | 2007-09-11 19:53:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON OVIP |
07LIMA3075 | MINING CONFLICT, THE VIEW FROM CAJAMARCA [...] (SBU) Conflicts between large mining companies and surrounding communities have increased in the last five years, with Cajamarca one of the hardest hit regions. Cajamarca's Yanacocha gold mine, the largest open-pit gold mine in the world, has been the most visible and controversial example of [...] | 2007-09-12 22:00:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL ECON EMIN SOCI PE |
07LIMA3217 | THE MAJAZ REFERENDUM: A VOTE AGAINST MINING [...] (SBU) Summary: Residents of three districts in the northern region of Piura voted September 16 to reject development of the Majaz copper deposit owned by the Chinese Zijin Consortium. The referendum is the latest event in two years of conflict between civil society and community groups that a [...] | 2007-09-21 17:37:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EMIN PE PINR |
07LIMA3339 | PERU TEXTILES AND APPAREL EXPORTS GROW [...] Summary: Over the last ten years, Peru has made a name for itself with its exports of cotton apparel, based on its high-quality pima cotton. In fact, textiles and apparel production is now one of Peru's more dynamic export industries. Major buyers in the U.S., such as Gap and Lands End recog [...] | 2007-10-03 19:41:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN PGOV TBIO USTR PE |
07LIMA336 | STAS VISIT: S&T RESEARCH GOALS AND CHALLENGES [...] SUMMARY: Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary (STAS) Dr. George Atkinson and delegation visited Peru on November 2 to survey S&T capabilities. The delegation met with the GOP's S&T innovation agency CONCYTEC, the National Engineering and Agrarian Universities, and the National Geogr [...] | 2007-02-06 16:00:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC OSCI EINV TSPL ETRD ECON PGOV SENV PE |
07LIMA338 | IMF COMMENDS PERU, BUT CHALLENGES REMAIN [...] (U) Summary: On January 26, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a stand-by agreement with the GOP for 2007-2009 during which the IMF will support the GOP's economic program. The IMF commended the GOP for its prudent conduct of fiscal policy in recent years, which is largely responsi [...] | 2007-02-06 17:11:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN ELAB PGOV USTR PE |
07LIMA3477 | GOP REVISION SHOWS POVERTY DECLINES IN [...] SUMMARY. A National Statistical Institute (INEI) technical revision, supervised by the World Bank, indicates that PeruQs poverty rate declined more significantly than the government had previously calculated - by 4.2 percentage points, to 44.5 percent, from 2005 to 2006. Extreme poverty de [...] | 2007-10-24 15:17:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI PGOV ETRD PE |
07LIMA3498 | PERU'S CONSUMER BOOM [...] Summary: Peru's macroeconomic performance is converting into a broader based consumer boom. Growing demand is marked by a diverse range of goods and services led by construction, sales of electronics, new cars and domestic appliances. Consumer credit is also expanding exponentially The increa [...] | 2007-10-25 17:29:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV PE |
07LIMA3518 | PERU LOWERS TARIFFS AGAIN, UNILATERALLY [...] Summary: The Government of Peru (GOP) unilaterally lowered its tariffs again, to a 5.8 percent average tariff, from the previous 8.0 percent and over 60 percent in the mid-1990s. The GOP will likely continue this trend, reinforced by the prospect of ratification of the U.S.-Peru Trade Promoti [...] | 2007-10-26 20:31:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EFIN PGOV ENRG EAGR USTR PE CI |
07LIMA354 | PERU'S MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CONCEPT PAPER [...] SUMMARY: The GOP's MCC Coordinator, Ben Schneider, will visit Washington February 12-13 to meet with State, USAID, MCA indicator institutions, and to present the GOP's draft Concept Paper to the MCC. The concept paper focuses on two of the most important indicators that Peru failed, Control of [...] | 2007-02-07 12:16:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | KMCC PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAID SNAR PE |
07LIMA3547 | FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-31 22:17:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MNUC ECON |
07LIMA3581 | DECENTRALIZATION: THE VIEW FROM LORETO [...] (C) Summary: As one of Peru's most isolated and poorest regions, Loreto is in some ways a microcosm of the challenges facing the administration's efforts to decentralize state functions and improve government. A variety of political actors in Loreto agree that decentralization has failed, at [...] | 2007-11-07 11:45:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD EINV PE |
07LIMA3596 | LABOR INSPECTORS RECEIVE ADDITIONAL TRAINING [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Labor (MOL) recently honored 348 labor inspectors who had completed USAID-funded training on the rights of unions and on workplace subcontracting. Vice Minister of Labor Fernando Garcia said the training demonstrated the MOL's commitment to professionalize the [...] | 2007-11-08 17:43:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON ELAB ETRD PE |
07LIMA3887 | PERU PURSUES VIGOROUS FTA IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY [...] The Peruvian Congress approved a law by 54-38 that would delegate to the Executive branch the authority to legislate by decree on the diverse issues related to the implementation of the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA). This action is intended to speed implementation in order to mee [...] | 2007-12-26 12:18:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EFIN PGOV EAGR USTR PE |
07LIMA41 | PERU ELIMINATES TARIFFS ON 2,894 ITEMS [...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 27, the Council of Ministers unilaterally eliminated the tariffs on 2,894 product subcategories, most of which are capital goods. President Garcia announced the measure as part of his government's "investment shock" program, saying the tariff reductions would: help [...] | 2007-01-08 17:05:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EFIN EAGR ENRG PE |
07LIMA417 | PERU GEARING UP TO HOST APEC 2008 [...] (SBU) Organizing the 21-member APEC events presents an enormous challenge for Peru. The GOP recognizes the benefits APEC can bring and is engaged in preparations, but Peru will need substantial help from other APEC members. The GOP already has an active High-Level Organizational Committee le [...] | 2007-02-12 20:57:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON APECO ETRD ASEC PE |
07LIMA447 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL NELSON [...] (SBU) Welcome to Peru. Your visit comes just after the six-month mark of President Alan Garcia's government, which sees itself as leading a "moderate" Pacific coast bloc of nations toward regional integration. While President Garcia does not know the U.S. well, he understands that a coincid [...] | 2007-02-14 22:20:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON OTRA ETRD PE |
07LIMA458 | SCENESETTER FOR DIRECTOR OF FOREIGN ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Welcome to Peru. Your visit comes just after the six-month mark of President Alan Garcia's government, which sees itself as leading a "moderate" Pacific coast bloc of nations toward regional integration. While President Garcia does not know the U.S. well, he understands that a coincid [...] | 2007-02-16 17:09:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAID PE |
07LIMA523 | IPR IN PERU: SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] Post concurs with industry recommendations that Peru remain on USTR's Special 301 Watch List for 2007. Peru saw improvements in IPR protection that resulted in a slightly higher market share for certain copyrighted and patented products. The GOP's IP agency used preliminary injunctions to ha [...] | 2007-02-22 18:37:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON ETRD USTR PE |
07LIMA59 | LETOURNEAU RECEIVES FINAL INTEREST PAYMENT [...] (SBU) Roy LeTourneau confirmed that he received a final payment of USD 36,023.36 on January 8, 2007, from the Peruvian Ministry of Agriculture. He thanked post and the USG for helping him resolve his dispute (over compensation for construction of a road from 1954 to 1968),and said he now co [...] | 2007-01-09 20:19:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV PGOV PE |
07LIMA632 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR MICHALAK AND [...] (U) The Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Ambassador Michael Michalak and Matthew Rooney from March 11 - 20, 2007. The purpose of the travel is to meet with Lima counterparts to discuss APEC Peru 2008. Reservations within per diem have been made at JW Marri [...] | 2007-03-05 19:03:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON OTRA CI PE |
07LIMA635 | REMITTANCES REMAIN A STABLE SOURCE OF FOREIGN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Remittances in Peru continue to demonstrate upward growth though the rate of increase lags behind Latin America as a region. Over the past 11 years, remittance inflows into Peru increased nearly threefold from $599 million in 1995 to $1.796 billion in 2006 (about 2% of GDP). The [...] | 2007-03-05 20:59:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PE |
07LIMA658 | CODEL NELSON VISITS PERU COCA DEFORESTATION SITE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 22, Senator Bill Nelson visited Peru's high jungle city of Tarapoto to view woodlands deforested by coca cultivation and traditional agricultural pressures. Accompanied by Emboffs, CODEL Nelson also visited sites of USG efforts to provide alternatives to coca and sla [...] | 2007-03-06 15:45:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP EAGR SENV ETRD EAID ECON PE |
07LIMA690 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY DAS NANCY LEE AND [...] (U) The Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Nancy Lee and Luyen Tran from March 19 - 23, 2007. The purpose of the travel is to support Treasury Secretary Paulson's official visit to Peru and consult with SIPDIS counterparts in the Peruvian Government on cu [...] | 2007-03-08 20:15:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN OTRA ASEC PE |
07LIMA707 | PERU LOWERS MAHOGANY EXPORT QUOTA [...] SUMMARY: The GOP has lowered its mahogany export quota to 13,476 cubic meters. While significantly lower than last year's quota of 23,000m3, NGOs and Peru's scientific authority for CITES believe that the quota is still too high. The quota also does not permit (much less give a preference fo [...] | 2007-03-12 12:22:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR SENV ETRD EAID ECON PE |
07LIMA749 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY SECRETARY PAULSON [...] (U) The Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Wendy Judge Paulson, James Wilkinson, Brooklyn Jean McLaughlin, Clay Lowery, Lindsay Valdeon, Matthew Malloy, Matthew Langston, Ronnie Lilly and Molly Jane Cogan from o/a March 14 - [...] | 2007-03-13 23:25:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN OTRA ASEC PE |
07LIMA782 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY PERSONNEL [...] (U) The Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Benjamin Arthur Abramson, Special Assistant and Matthew Everson, Lead Advance from o/a March 16-22, 2007. The purpose of the travel is to support Treasury Secretary Paulson's official visit to Peru. When departin [...] | 2007-03-15 23:11:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN OTRA ASEC PE |
07LIMA785 | SCENE SETTER FOR SECRETARY PAULSON [...] (SBU) Secretary Paulson: Welcome to Peru. Your visit provides an excellent opportunity to affirm USG support for the Garcia government's efforts to reduce poverty and expand social inclusion through continued market-oriented, investment-friendly growth policies. 2. (SBU) Peruvian governm [...] | 2007-03-16 15:17:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EFIN ENRG PE |
07LIMA859 | Country Clearance Approval - O'Neill and Maher [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Patricia Maher and Karen O'Neill, Supply Chain Specialists, from April 15-18, 2007 for C-TPAT validations. Post assistance has not been requested. When departing Lima by air, the Republic of Peru imposes an airport departure [...] | 2007-03-20 17:03:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC OTRA ECON PE |
07LIMA87 | GARCIA TOUTS MAPLE GAS ETHANOL PROJECT [...] (U) SUMMARY: On January 5, U.S. oil firm Maple Gas signed a $650 million contract with the Piura Regional Government for a sugar cane-based ethanol plant. President Garcia spoke at the signing ceremony, calling the biofuel project the start of an "agrarian revolution" that showcased foreign pr [...] | 2007-01-11 20:21:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON ETRD SENV SNAR PE |
07LISBON104 | AVIAN FLU: PORTUGAL PREPARES FOR NEXT MIGRATORY [...] Portugal,s Ministry of Agriculture tested over 5000 birds for avian influenza in 2006 with no detection of the H5N1 virus. A national campaign to register domestic birds for quarantine contingency resulted in over six million birds being documented on-line. Although Portugal decided not to va [...] | 2007-01-11 16:25:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU TBIO EAGR ECON PREL SOCI KSCA WHO PO |
07LISBON1057 | PORTUGAL ON THE APRIL 19 EC STANDING COMMITTEE [...] (C) On April 18, Ambassador Hoffman sent a letter incorporating reftel A talking points to Luis Caiano, Assistant to the Ministry of Agriculture's Deputy State Secretary of Agriculture and Fishes, urging Portugal to vote SIPDIS favorably at the April 19 Standing Committee of the Food Chain [...] | 2007-04-19 11:29:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAGR ECON ETRD EU PO |
07LISBON1251 | PORTUGAL WILL NOT BLOCK MAY 10 BIOTECH VOTE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-10 07:12:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON ETRD EU PO |
07LISBON1443 | PORTUGAL'S EU PRESIDENCY SCHEDULE: UPDATE [...] (U) Reftel, sent in January, provided an interim list of the major meetings Portugal would host during its EU Presidency, which begins July 1. This cable provides an updated list. (Note: The GOP is very sensitive about this list and requested that we PROTECT this information in official chann [...] | 2007-05-22 15:27:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON EU PO |
07LISBON1445 | OECD: PORTUGAL SUPPORTS NEGOTIATIONS WITH RUSSIA, [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-22 16:01:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN ECON EFIN OECD PO |
07LISBON1559 | PORTUGAL ON ZOELLICK'S WORLD BANK NOMINATION [...] (SBU) On June 4, PolOff raised reftel talking points on the nomination of Robert Zoellick to the Presidency of the World Bank with Jose Moreno, Deputy Director of European Affairs and International Relations at the Ministry of Finance. Moreno said there is support within the GOP for Zoellick, [...] | 2007-06-06 16:02:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN IBRD PO |
07LISBON1560 | PORTUGAL ON JUNE 8 BIOTECH VOTE [...] (C/NF) On June 5, PolEconOff delivered reftel A talking points to Rui Noronho from the Ministry of Agriculture Office of Planning and Policies (GPPAA),urging Portugal to vote favorably at the June 8 Standing Committee of the Food Chain and Public Health. Noronho reiterated the Portuguese po [...] | 2007-06-06 16:41:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON ETRD EU PO |
07LISBON1632 | PORTUGAL TO SUPPORT ZOELLICK FOR WORLD BANK [...] (SBU) Jose Moreno, Deputy Director of European Affairs and International Relations at the Ministry of Finance, informed post on June 11 that Portugal will support Robert Zoellick's candidacy for World Bank President. Per ref A, Finance Minister Teixeira dos Santos confirmed the government's p [...] | 2007-06-19 07:44:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN IBRD PO |
07LISBON1679 | PORTUGAL ON JUNE 25 BIOTECH VOTE [...] (C/NF) On June 21, PolEconOff delivered reftel A talking points to Rui Noronho of the Ministry of Agriculture's Office of Planning and Policies (GPPA),urging Portugal to vote favorably at the June 25 Standing Committee of the Food Chain and Public Health. Noronho reiterated the Portuguese p [...] | 2007-06-22 15:07:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON ETRD EU PO |
07LISBON1745 | PORTUGUESE TELL A/S STEINBERG THAT EU WILL NOT ACT [...] (C) On June 26, Transportation A/S for Aviation and International Affairs Andrew Steinberg met with Portuguese officials in Lisbon to underscore strong USG opposition to the EU's proposal to include international aviation in its emission trading scheme (ETS) without mutual consent. He urged [...] | 2007-07-02 16:10:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ETRD SENV ECON PO EUN |
07LISBON1839 | PORTUGAL: DEFICIT REDUCTION AHEAD OF SCHEDULE, [...] Portugal's efforts to reduce its budget deficit were ahead of schedule, Ministry of Finance Chief of Staff Goncalo Castilho dos Santos told post. It was even possible that the government would reach its target to reduce the deficit below 3% in 2007, a year ahead of schedule, if GDP grew by 2.0 [...] | 2007-07-16 12:29:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PO |
07LISBON218 | PORTUGAL: SUPPORTIVE OF TFTP AND SWIFT "INFORMED [...] (SBU) In response to Embassy outreach on the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP) and SWIFT per reftel a, Ministry of Finance Chief of Staff Goncalo Castilho dos Santos responded via a Jan 10 letter acknowledging the program's important role in fighting terrorist finance, encouraging cont [...] | 2007-01-24 15:45:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PTER KTFN PO |
07LISBON2288 | AUSTR DONNELLY DISCUSSES TRADE ISSUES WITH [...] (SBU) AUSTR for Europe and the Middle East Shaun Donnelly and USTR Director for European and Middle Eastern Trade Affairs Paul Burkhead held meetings with Portuguese trade and economic officials in Lisbon on August 28. They discussed Doha Round next steps, November 9 Transatlantic Economic Cou [...] | 2007-09-06 14:16:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PO |
07LISBON2438 | INFORMAL ECOFIN/EUROMED: EU ECONOMY SOUND, FOCUS [...] On September 14-15, EU Finance Ministers, Central Bank Governors and Commissioners joined together in an informal ECOFIN gathering focused on state of the economy, fiscal consolidation and structural reform. Eurozone peer pressure would be necessary to keep France on track to reduce its defic [...] | 2007-09-19 15:15:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EUN |
07LISBON2477 | EU AG MINISTERS DISCUSS FOOD SECURITY, HEALTH [...] (U) Food security, the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Reform Health Check, and wine reform dominated the September 16-18 Informal EU Agricultural Ministerial agenda in Porto, Portugal. Portugal's Agriculture Minister Jaime Silva also welcomed debate on the EU's transgenic crop policy to cl [...] | 2007-09-24 11:55:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON TBIO EUN |
07LISBON253 | PORTUGAL'S EU COUNCIL PRESIDENCY SCHEDULE OF MOST [...] (U) As of January 26, Portugal has finalized most of the scheduling for its EU Council Presidency and passed the listing below to the Embassy for planning purposes. (Note: The GOP is very sensitive about this list and requested that we STRICTLY PROTECT this information in official channels onl [...] | 2007-01-29 10:51:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON EU PO |
07LISBON2571 | PORTUGAL: 2006 TEXTILE AND APPAREL SECTOR OVERVIEW [...] SUMMARY: In 2006, the Textile/Apparel sector represented Portugal's largest industrial/manufacturing sector, accounting for 11.8% of industrial/manufacturing exports, primarily to Spain, Italy, France, Germany and the United Kingdom. Textile/Apparel manufacturers are concentrated in the north [...] | 2007-10-04 16:23:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX PO |
07LISBON2591 | PORTUGAL ON OCTOBER 10 BIOTECH VOTE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-09 16:33:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON ETRD EUN PO |
07LISBON27 | PORTUGAL AND THE LIBERIA PARTNERS' FORUM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-04 17:54:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | FR EFIN ECON EAID PO |
07LISBON2744 | PORTUGAL TALKS TO VENEZUELA, RUSSIA AND IRAN TO [...] (C) Portugal's energy market is abuzz over Galp Energia's (Portugal's dominate energy firm) recent activities which include the signing of an MOU with Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PdVSA),Gazprom's possible acquisition of a minority stake in the company, and behind-the-scenes procurement talks wi [...] | 2007-10-29 16:55:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON TRGY PO |
07LISBON2805 | PORTUGAL PUSHING FOR MANDATE OF EU AVIATION [...] (C) Pol-Econ officers met with Ministry of Environment officials to express USG concerns about the unilateral nature of the EU's proposal to include Civil Aviation in its Emissions Trading Scheme and related legal issues. Post underscored the need to engage third countries and urged Portugal [...] | 2007-11-05 14:49:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON SENV ETRD EUN PO |
07LISBON3170 | PORTUGAL DOES NOT OBJECT TO U.S. OFFER ON GAMBLING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-17 15:59:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD WTRO PO |
07LISBON3193 | PORTUGAL SIGNS ENERGY AGREEMENTS WITH VENEZUELA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an effort to diversify the country's energy supply, Portugal's national energy firms, Galp Energia and Energias de Portugal, recently signed several agreements for procurement and joint exploration projects with the national oil and gas companies of Venezuela, Libya and Algeria [...] | 2007-12-20 14:47:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PO RU VE AG LY AO |
07LISBON370 | PORTUGAL TO CONSIDER STATEMENT OF UNDERSTANDING [...] On February 1, Pol/Econ Officer delivered reftel demarche to Maria do Ceu Faria, Political Analyst in the MFA's Office of International Organizations. Despite press reports that the Ministry of Culture called for the rejection of a "universal monoculture," Faria denied that protectionism was b [...] | 2007-02-09 18:13:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EUN SCUL UNESCO PO |
07LISBON438 | PORTUGAL WILL NOT SUPPORT EC PROPOSAL TO LIFT [...] (C) A contact at Monsanto informed FAS Madrid late on Friday that Portugal's Environment Secretary of State, Humberto Rosa, who was originally going to abstain from the February 20 vote, now intends to vote to maintain Hungary's ban. We believe this decison goes against the advice of his tec [...] | 2007-02-16 18:30:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON ETRD EU PO |
07LISBON49 | PORTUGAL'S ECONOMIC RECOVERY MODEST BUT CONVINCING [...] Proving the skeptics wrong, Portugal's Socialist government managed to reduce the budget deficit to 4.6% in 2006 from an all time high of 6.0% in 2005 and increase GDP growth to 1.4% from 0.3%. Even the ever cautious Bank Governor noted that Portugal's economic recovery, though modest, was c [...] | 2007-01-05 17:10:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PO |
07LISBON513 | PORTUGAL'S 2007 SPECIAL 301 RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Post recommends that Portugal remain off the 2007 Special 301 Watch List. Overall, intellectual property rights (IPR) protection in Portugal is good and IPR legislation is consistent with WTO rules, EU directives, and the trade-related intellectual property (TRIPS) provisions of GATT. In [...] | 2007-03-01 15:51:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR PO |
07LISBON631 | PORTUGAL GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USPTO SALMON [...] Embassy Lisbon welcomes and grants country clearance for U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Attorney, Paul Salmon, and invitational guest, Judge Arthur Gajarsa, to travel to Lisbon, Portugal, from March 17-21, 2007. The purpose of the trip is to speak at the Embassy of Portugal's Intell [...] | 2007-03-12 13:42:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ECON ETRD AORC KIPR OTRA PO |
07LISBON652 | PORTUGAL TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF US-EU AIR TRANSPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-13 16:56:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PREL EUN PO KTIA |
07LISBON791 | PORTUGAL - ENERGY SECTOR OVERVIEW [...] Portugal, a country with just over 10 million inhabitants, is heavily dependent on energy imports, with foreign sources providing over 80% of its primary energy resources. Crude oil and natural gas imports comprise 63% and 13% of the total, with coal accounting for 3-5%. Domestic Renewable Ene [...] | 2007-03-23 16:02:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY EPET ETRD EIND ECON PO |
07LJUBLJANA103 | SLOVENIA: 2007 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW - RECOMMENDATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As of 2006, Slovenian legislation on intellectual property rights is fully aligned with EU legislation, TRIPS and ratified international treaties, and in practice, U.S. pharmaceutical companies have access to the Slovene market. Recent efforts by the Government of Slovenia (GOS) [...] | 2007-02-21 13:46:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR SI |
07LJUBLJANA113 | EBRD SLOVENIA: PESSIMISM GROWING REGARDING REFORMS [...] (C) SUMMARY. European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) regional director Francois Lecavalier described himself as "completely pessimistic" about the Government of Slovenia's (GOS) commitment to necessary economic and institutional reforms. In his view, the GOS is resisting the ve [...] | 2007-02-23 13:31:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD SI |
07LJUBLJANA150 | SLOVENIA ADDRESSING ISSUE OF AGING POPULATION [...] (U) SUMMARY. Slovenia faces the need to revise pension reforms in light of an aging population and the heavy public expenditures this entails. The Government of Slovenia (GOS) implemented labor reforms in 1999, extending the retirement age. Then in 2001, stop-gap labor reform measures went [...] | 2007-03-14 15:29:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI ECON TBIO SI |
07LJUBLJANA154 | SLOVENIA SUPPORTS U.S.-EU OPEN SKIES PLUS AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-15 13:59:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA EAIR ECON PREL SI |
07LJUBLJANA2 | SLOVENIA SAILS SMOOTHLY INTO EUROZONE [...] (U) The Government of Slovenia (GOS) successfully entered the eurozone on January 1. The Slovenian Central Bank Governor, Mitja Gaspari, and Finance Minister, Andrej Bajuk, heralded Slovenia's entry as the 13th eurozone country with a laserlight countdown, loud fanfare and thousands of onlooke [...] | 2007-01-03 13:21:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EUN SI |
07LJUBLJANA210 | SHIFTS IN SLOVENIA'S POLITICAL LEFT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The latest public opinion polls in Slovenia show for the first time center left Social Democrats [SD] overtaking Prime Minister Janez Jansa's center right Slovene Democratic Party [SDS] by anywhere from one to six percent. This represents tremendous progress by SD in the last two [...] | 2007-04-02 15:52:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON SI |
07LJUBLJANA241 | SLOVENIA READY TO SIGN U.S.-EU AIR TRANSPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-18 14:59:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA EAIR ECON PREL SI |
07LJUBLJANA337 | U.S. FIRMS STRUGGLE TO COMPETE AS DEFENSE [...] (S) Summary. Nearly one year after the Slovenian Ministry of Defense (MOD) announced that Finnish defense contractor Patria won a 330 million USD (263 million Euro) contract to supply 135 8x8 armored vehicles to the GoS, the issue continues to dominate headlines amid allegations of cost overr [...] | 2007-05-25 15:05:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | SECRET//NOFORN | MASS MARR MCAP ECON PGOV PINR PREL SI |
07LJUBLJANA416 | HARRAH'S HAMMERS OUT 11TH HOUR AGREEMENT WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 5, Harrah,s Entertainment and the Slovenian state-owned casino company Hit signed a letter of intent to build a mega entertainment center in Nova Gorica in western Slovenia worth up to $1 billion in U.S. foreign investment. Since talks were initiated eighteen months ago [...] | 2007-06-19 14:43:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD SI |
07LJUBLJANA418 | COM'S JUNE 14 LUNCH WITH PRIME MINISTER JANSA [...] (C) Summary: At a lunch hosted by Prime Minister Janez Jansa for COM June 14, the Ambassador urged Slovenia to exert strong leadership during its upcoming EU Presidency (January-June, 2008). Jansa discussed themes for the Presidency, warned about the potentially explosive situation in Kosov [...] | 2007-06-22 13:59:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN PINS EINV MOPS ECON PHUM ETRD PGOV |
07LJUBLJANA44 | SLOVENIA: ANOTHER NEW FACE IN THE PROVINCES, [...] (U) Summary. Maribor, Slovenia's second city situated in the northeast, voted Franc Kangler of the Slovene People's Party (SLS) into office in the October 2006 elections. After 47 days in office, he is confident he can meet 70% of his campaign promises by the end of this year. Kangler spent [...] | 2007-01-29 14:02:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON EINV SI |
07LJUBLJANA45 | SLOVENIA: COM ENGAGES DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER ON [...] (C) Summary: The new State Secretary (Deputy FM) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Andrej Ster and the new Director of the MFA's Division of the Americas, Roman Kirn, impressed COM as responsive and well informed on several thorny bilateral issues. The importance of close cooperation betwee [...] | 2007-01-29 14:08:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ECON SI |
07LJUBLJANA457 | SLOVENIA SYMPATHETIC TO MANY U.S. PRIORITIES FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-17 14:06:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD SENV ECON SI |
07LJUBLJANA46 | SLOVENIA: LJUBLJANA'S MAYOR A MAN TO WATCH: ZORAN [...] (C) Summary: Zoran Jankovic, previously CEO of Slovenia's largest retail company, Mercator, is now mayor of Ljubljana, and he has a mission. He has 45 projects for the city, 22 of which are high priority, including building several parking garages, widening key avenues, building 50,000 mor [...] | 2007-01-29 14:14:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON SI |
07LJUBLJANA523 | RENEWABLE ENERGY CONFERENCE BRINGS US-SLOVENIAN [...] (U) Summary. With support from the Business Facilitation Incentive Fund and the International Information Programs Division, the Embassy organized a one-day Clean Energy Innovation Conference on June 26 that emphasized the importance of alternative energy as a strategy for economic developmen [...] | 2007-08-14 15:19:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ENRG ETRD OIIP KPAO SI |
07LJUBLJANA544 | SLOVENE PM VOICES CONCERN ABOUT KOSOVO DURING COM [...] (S) During COM's farewell call with Prime Minister Janez Jansa August 17, Jansa expressed concern that we have missed the best opportunity to resolve the Kosovo issue and warned that a solution is needed soon to prevent violence. He called the U.S. the "main hope," and blamed some European [...] | 2007-08-23 13:12:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | SECRET | PREL PGOV EINV CASC PHUM PARM ECON SI |
07LJUBLJANA564 | OECD ACCESSION CRITERIA FOR SLOVENIA [...] (SBU) In post's judgment, Slovenia should not have many difficulties fulfilling the accession to the OECD. It meets many of the pre-accession criteria and shares the fundamental common values. Since independence in 1991, its foreign policy goal has been to integrate into the Euro-Atlantic co [...] | 2007-08-30 17:36:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ETRD PGOV OECD KDEM SENV SI |
07LJUBLJANA57 | SLOVENIAN CITIES HOPE TO BECOME "BOOMTOWNS" [...] (U) Summary. After years of recession and high unemployment as former socialist industries collapsed, Slovenia's northeast now aims to become a "boomtown." The cornerstone of the projected development is the strategic cooperation between municipalities Maribor and Hoce-Slivnica, Maribor Airpor [...] | 2007-01-31 10:28:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EINV ELTN SI |
07LJUBLJANA602 | SLOVENE BUSINESS LEADER ASSESSES CHALLENGES OF [...] (C) At a lunch hosted by CDA September 12, Viktor Baraga, chairman of the supervisory boards of Slovenian energy company Petrol and gaming company Hit, discussed the problems these two companies have experienced in advancing joint venture projects with Russian and U.S. partners. He stated tha [...] | 2007-09-19 14:28:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG EUN PREL PINR SI |
07LJUBLJANA662 | SLOVENIA: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT [...] (U) Slovenia's Presidential election will take place this Sunday, October 21. The State Electoral Commission has confirmed the candidacies of seven citizens. The top two finishers will go to a second round on November 11 if neither garners over 50 percent of the vote. Polls still predict Eur [...] | 2007-10-19 10:07:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON SI |
07LJUBLJANA665 | SLOVENIA: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS PRELIMINARY RESULTS [...] (U) On October 21, Slovenians voted to elect the new president of the republic a five year term. According to unofficial preliminary results, center-right candidate and frontrunner Lojze Peterle will face center-left candidate Danilo Tuerk in the second round on November 11. As of October 22 [...] | 2007-10-23 05:15:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON SI |
07LJUBLJANA707 | SLOVENIA ELECTS DANILO TUERK NEW PRESIDENT IN LANDSLIDE [...] (U) On November 11, Slovenians voted in the second round of presidential elections and overwhelmingly elected center-left candidate Danilo Tuerk the new president of the republic for a five-year term. According to unofficial preliminary results, Tuerk won with a strong majority of nearly 70 p [...] | 2007-11-13 14:59:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON SI |
07LJUBLJANA730 | SLOVENIA RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO IMF'S REQUEST FOR [...] (SBU) In a letter dated November 19, 2007, Andrej Kavcic, Head of the Ministry of Finance's International Finance Department, responded to the joint letter from U/S Jeffery and U/S McCormick (reftel) by forwarding a joint letter to the IMF from Minister of Finance Andrej Bajuk and Bank of Slo [...] | 2007-11-28 12:58:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID LI SI |
07LJUBLJANA731 | HARRAH'S FACES MORE BARRIERS TO JOINT VENTURE IN [...] (C) Continued local opposition to the proposed Harrah's/Hit joint venture threatens to derail the project altogether, although Harrah's Entertainment has gained the support of key Slovenian officials and economists. Although the Government of Slovenia, th government-owned Slovenian casino co [...] | 2007-11-29 09:33:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD SI |
07LJUBLJANA75 | COM CALLS ON NEW MINISTER OF LABOR [...] (U) Summary. When Minster of Labor, Family and Social Affairs (MOL) Janez Drobnic was ousted by parliament in December 2006, former State Secretary Marjeta Cotman was tapped by Prime Minister Janez Jansa to lead the Ministry through important negotiations and reforms. Labor reforms and brokeri [...] | 2007-02-12 14:39:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ELAB PREL SI |
07LJUBLJANA760 | SLOVENIA HAS LIMITED STRATEGIC ECONOMIC AGENDA [...] (C) On November 29, EmbOffs accompanied Katherine Uhre, Senior Advisor of EEB's Commercial and Business Affairs Department, on a series of meetings with Slovenian officials from government economic agencies and commercial groups that highlighted Slovenia's disappointing lack of strategic econ [...] | 2007-12-13 16:39:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV PREL SI |
07LJUBLJANA761 | USTR REP STRESSES OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEC AND WTO [...] (SBU) The Senior Trade Representative at the U.S. Mission to the European Union, Dan Mullaney, met with senior Slovenian officials and the local U.S. pharmaceutical group November 19-20 to discuss U.S and Slovenian trade priorities during Slovenia's EU presidency. Mullaney emphasized the impo [...] | 2007-12-13 16:39:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON ETRD EUN SI |
07LJUBLJANA80 | RE-ELECTION WOES FOR SLOVENIA'S CENTRAL BANK [...] (SBU) Summary. In a close vote February 2, Mitja Gaspari failed to get the 46 votes necessary for re-election as the governor of the Bank of Slovenia (BOS). On February 9, President Drnovsek put forward BOS Vice-Governor Andrej Rant as his second nominee. The ostensible cause of Gaspari's dow [...] | 2007-02-13 14:44:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL SI |
07LONDON1265 | CHANCELLOR BROWN'S REPUTATION FOR FINANCIAL [...] (C) Summary: Gordon Brown's expected procession from 11 to 10 Downing Street hit a pothole over the weekend. "The Times" newspaper won a long Freedom of Information battle and published documents showing Brown had been warned by Treasury staff against removing tax breaks favorable to pension [...] | 2007-04-03 15:41:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV UK |
07LONDON1784 | UK RESPONSE: OECD ENLARGEMENT DEMARCHE AND [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-11 10:50:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON OECD UK |
07LONDON1947 | BROWN'S ECONOMIC PRIORITIES AND CHALLENGES [...] (C) Gordon Brown is the longest continuously serving Chancellor of the Exchequer since 1823. During his ten year reign, Brown has enjoyed tremendous authority and autonomy in managing the UK's economy. As a result, Brown is expected to continue the economic and financial policies he developed [...] | 2007-05-21 13:47:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL EFIN PGOV PBIO UK |
07LONDON1991 | ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT OF EU ENLARGEMENT FOR UK [...] Since Romania and Bulgaria formally joined the European Union (EU) on January 1, 2007, we have witnessed increased reference to economic activity between the UK and the new member states, ranging from high level visits to various UK contacts indicating they have purchased vacation property in [...] | 2007-05-23 14:42:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL EU UK |
07LONDON2587 | DFID'S "COST" INITIATIVE: MORE QUESTIONS THAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Participants from government, industry and the private sector agreed that transparency is a concern in the construction sector but questioned the value added by DFID's Construction Sector Transparency Initiative (CoST). Econoff raised reftel concerns widely at a June 20, DFID- h [...] | 2007-07-06 09:06:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ETRD EFIN PINS KCOR UK |
07LONDON2595 | THE UK'S AGING POPULATION STRAINS THE SOCIAL [...] (U) Summary: The UK is grappling with the booming growth of its elderly population. There were 20 million Britons aged 50 and over in 2003, a 45 percent increase since 1951. This number is projected to increase by a further 36 percent by 2031, to 27.2 million, or 42 percent of the population. [...] | 2007-07-06 14:13:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI ECON TBIO UK |
07LONDON3141 | HMG DOES NOT SEE EYE-TO-EYE WITH USG ENVIRONMENTAL [...] (U) Action Request: Post received the comments at para 2 in response to ref A, from Danny Powers, Head of the International Branch, Aviation Environment Division, UK Department for Transport. HMG requests USG support and endorsement of its position as set out in para 2. 2. (SBU) Begin HM [...] | 2007-08-14 16:14:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD SENV KGHG ECON UK |
07LONDON3539 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY PAULSON'S VISIT TO [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Your visit is much welcomed. You come to London at a critical moment. The UK is adjusting to the change in leadership from Tony Blair to Gordon Brown, who has displayed calm confidence in addressing key domestic challenges in the short period he has been Prime [...] | 2007-09-14 16:08:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN PREL UK |
07LONDON4082 | FCC COMMISSIONER COPPS EXPLORES UK'S DIGITAL TV TRANSITION [...] (U) SUMMARY: The UK's transition to digital TV is progressing smoothly thanks in large part to an impressive BPS 200 Million ($400 Million) public awareness campaign and a BPS 600 Million ($1.2 Billion) Help Scheme, according to HMG officials. The analog BBC TWO signal in the small town of Whit [...] | 2007-10-30 13:03:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECON UK |
07LONDON4102 | UK AGREES WITH US APPROACH TO UPCOMING WHO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UK delegates from HMG Department of Health (UK DH) and the UK Intellectual Property Office (UK IPO) agree broadly with the US on the upcoming World Health Organization (WHO) intergovernmental working group (IGWG) on public health, innovation, and intellectual property. Both UK DH [...] | 2007-11-01 11:45:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ETRD ECON UK |
07LONDON4389 | A/S SULLIVAN DISCUSSES UK DEVELOPMENT POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary: UK development official Shriti Vadera expressed an interest in closer cooperation with MCC and PEPFAR in a meeting with EEB A/S Sullivan. She also said she has been reaching out to private sector companies such as Coca-Cola and Vodafone (and next Wal-Mart) to use their systems [...] | 2007-11-28 16:22:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID KHIV UK |
07LONDON4472 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY PETERS’ DECEMBER 7 VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Your December 7-8 visit to London comes after Prime Minister Gordon Brown has finished putting his own stamp on the government, following this summer's transition from Tony Blair's tenure, and begins focusing on governing. It also comes at a time during which major infrastructure pro [...] | 2007-12-05 11:58:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAIR ICAO ECON SENV ELTN UK |
07LONDON4632 | ENERGY SECRETARY BODMAN AND UK ENERGY MINISTER WICKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Energy Secretary Bodman met his UK counterpart Malcolm Wicks to discuss Caspian energy, climate change and nuclear energy issues on November 20. The two agreed on the need for coordinated engagement in the region - particularly with Turkmenistan. End Summary Caspian Energy [...] | 2007-12-19 17:01:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET ENRG UK |
07LONDON515 | TERRORIST FINANCE: HUMAN APPEAL INTERNATIONAL [...] (S/NF) Summary. Embassy London believes that HMG would object to a UN listing of the Human Appeal International (HAI) in its entirety unless we were able to provide it with specific information linking the UK branch to al Qaida or demonstrating that HAI-UK operated under the direction of HAI [...] | 2007-02-09 15:29:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL ECON |
07LUANDA1014 | LUANDA'S DIAMOND FACTORY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Lev Leviev Diamond Corporation's (LLD) diamond cutting and polishing factory in Luanda is only operating at 20 percent of its designed capacity thanks to less than promised supplies of rough diamonds. Low throughput contributes to a high (USD 100 per carat) production co [...] | 2007-10-03 12:55:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN ECON AO |
07LUANDA1069 | THE ROAD TO BENGUELA [...] (U) Summary. The road connecting Luanda with Benguela-Lobito, a priority infrastructure project for the GRA, appears near completion, but the road has not been rebuilt, only resurfaced. End Summary. New-Old Road ------------ 2. (U) Most of the two-lane coastal highway from Luanda t [...] | 2007-10-23 16:13:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN ECON EFIN AO CH |
07LUANDA11 | ANGOLA FOUNDS ITS OWN DEVELOPMENT BANK [...] (SBU) Summary. In December 2006, the GRA established the Angolan Development Bank (BDA) in order to lend funds from petroleum and diamond revenues to economic sectors neglected by Angola's commercial banks. During 2007, the BDA intends to start lending to agriculture cooperatives and constr [...] | 2007-01-05 10:17:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID ECIN AO |
07LUANDA1127 | HUILA PROVINCE - GREAT POTENTIAL AND HUGE PROBLEMS [...] (SBU) Summary. An energy deficit and dilapidated infrastructure diminish Huila Province's economic potential. Investors have to provide their own electricity, water, transportation and security. The GRA's railroad rehabilitation, critical to reopening Huila's iron mines, is at a standstill [...] | 2007-11-05 14:38:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN AO |
07LUANDA1225 | ANGOLA ANNOUNCES PARIS CLUB AGREEMENT AHEAD OF [...] (SBU) Summary. The GRA has reached agreement with the Paris Club on repaying interest in arrears (Reftel A). The news punctuates several announcements of new lines of credit offered as trade promotion vehicles by countries such as China, Germany and Brazil. End Summary. 2. (SBU) On Fr [...] | 2007-12-07 12:23:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON AO |
07LUANDA1270 | WORLD BANK ANGOLA BRIDGING TWO WORLDS [...] (SBU) Summary. World Bank Country Representative - Angola Alberto Chueca is decidedly more upbeat about prospects for successful Bank engagement in Angola than he was only three weeks ago, when he last met the Ambassador. His new-found optimism is founded on several recent developments: fi [...] | 2007-12-20 18:18:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID ECON AO |
07LUANDA1271 | BECHTEL SIGNS MEGA LNG CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT [...] (SBU) Summary. On 10 December 2007, the Angolan LNG Consortium and Bechtel Corporation signed multi-billion dollar contract to build the Angola Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) plant in Soyo. Bechtel is concerned about possible problems in getting Angola visas for the approximately 4,000 expatr [...] | 2007-12-20 19:24:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EIND ECON AO |
07LUANDA13 | ANGOLA FOUNDS ITS OWN DEVELOPMENT BANK [...] (SBU) Summary. In December 2006, the GRA established the Angolan Development Bank (BDA) in order to lend funds from petroleum and diamond revenues to economic sectors neglected by Angola's commercial banks. During 2007, the BDA intends to start lending to agriculture cooperatives and constr [...] | 2007-01-05 11:45:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID ECIN AO |
07LUANDA14 | ANGOLA'S BANKING SECTOR - LIMITS TO GROWTH? [...] (SBU) Summary. Angola's banking sector has grown rapidly since the civil war ended in 2002. Commercial banking assets have doubled to more than USD 6 billion since 2003 and the number of banks has increased. Private banks are profitable, and new banks are looking for market niches. Banks [...] | 2007-01-05 12:00:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID AO |
07LUANDA164 | ANGOLA'S NEW CUSTOMS LAW [...] (SBU) Summary. Angola,s new customs code took effect in January 2007, bringing Angolan law into line with modern international practices, including the Kyoto and Istanbul Convention norms. Management consultant Crown Agents has improved daily customs operations, computerizing and streamlinin [...] | 2007-02-16 12:37:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD BEXP KREC ECON AMGT AO |
07LUANDA250 | ANGOLA DECIDES NOT TO SEEK IMF AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Angola,s Finance Minister, Pedro de Morais, announced that Angola will not pursue a program with the IMF. Citing Angola,s progress in combating inflation and its growing foreign exchange reserves, Angola believes it does not need a stand-by agreement to ensure macroeconomic st [...] | 2007-03-14 10:41:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON AO |
07LUANDA358 | ANGOLA - TROOPS SHUT DOWN AMCIT-OWNED QUARRY [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 27, 2007, Angolan soldiers shut down an Amcit-owned quarry near Luanda, claiming to be acting on behalf of Angola's National Reconstruction Council. Several other quarries were shut down at the same time. The Embassy has explained the potentially damaging effect on [...] | 2007-04-17 12:54:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD BEXP PGOV EMIN ECON AO |
07LUANDA38 | Angola: Ambassador Briefs IMF Official on IMF Agreement, [...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting with IMF Africa Department Senior Advisor Robert J. Corker on January 13, 2007 in Luanda, Ambassador Efird reviewed the likelihood of and the timetable for the GRA to conclude a Stand-by Agreement with the IMF, noting as well the serious steps taken by the GRA to liquid [...] | 2007-01-17 11:25:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID AO |
07LUANDA434 | ANGOLA: REQUEST FOR FOOD SECURITY ASSESSMENT [...] This is an Action Message. See para 11. 2. (SBU) Summary. Gary Eilerts, USAID/Washington's Program Manager for the Famine Early Warning System Information Network (FEWS NET),visited Luanda March 26 and 27, 2007, to explore with USAID, relevant donors, and the Government of the Republic of [...] | 2007-05-07 14:37:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR ECON SOCI KPAO AO |
07LUANDA474 | ANGOLAN GOVERNMENT FOOD DISTRIBUTION SYTEM GETS [...] (SBU) Summary: At a program cost of nearly USD 1 billion, the GRA,s food distribution and retail system, PRESILD, is up and running with great publicity and fanfare. Under PRESILD the GRA will create regional bonded warehouses, supermarkets in every province, open air markets in every municip [...] | 2007-05-15 12:34:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD AO |
07LUANDA518 | ANGOLA APPRECIATES ITS CURRENCY [...] (SBU) On May 7, 2007, Angola announced a 6.25 percent increase in the value of the Angolan Kwanza (Kz) from 80 to 75 Kwanza per dollar. The GRA uses the Angolan Central Bank's (BNA) monopoly position in exchanging dollars for kwanza as its primary instrument in combating currency inflation. [...] | 2007-05-24 11:02:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON AO |
07LUANDA56 | SCENESETTER FOR DAS CAROL THOMPSON'S VISIT TO [...] (C) DAS Thompson, I want to warmly welcome you to Angola. Your visit follows the highly successful 2006 visits of General Ward, A/S Lowenkron and then-PDAS Pittman. Your visit, which will be followed by the February ship visit of the USS Kaufmann, starts 2007 positively towards the USG goal o [...] | 2007-01-22 11:45:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID PHUM AO |
07LUANDA564 | IMF ARTICLE IV TEAM GIVES ANGOLA HIGH MARKS [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 5, 2007, the IMF Article IV team, which is close to winding up its first visit to Angola since the GRA definitively walked away from a formal program with the IMF (reftel),presented a preliminary summary of its findings to representatives of embassies and international [...] | 2007-06-07 15:35:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON AO |
07LUANDA615 | SPECIAL AGENT STEEN MEETS WITH ANGOLAN CENTRAL [...] (SBU) Summary. U.S. Secret Service Special Agent William Steen conducted training in recognizing counterfeit currency at Embassy Luanda and met with representatives of the Angolan Central Bank Exchange Reserves Department to discuss training in currency recognition. While recent changes in th [...] | 2007-06-20 13:10:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINT ECON AO |
07LUANDA621 | ANGOLA: OIL BOOM FUELING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Aguinaldo Jaime described Angola,s efforts to manage its exceptionally high economic growth to A/S Jendayi Frazer, noting the creation of a stabilization fund to manage oil price fluctuations on the budgetary process; programs to increase Central Bank and Fin [...] | 2007-06-21 13:44:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EPET PGOV OVIP CH AO |
07LUANDA624 | ANGOLAN GOVERNMENT WARMLY RECEIVES A/S FRAZER [...] (C) Summary: In meetings with GRA officials A/S Jendayi Frazer reinforced the US-Angola bilateral relationship, generating much goodwill and amplifying the USG message that we want to develop a strong partnership with Angola, one based on mutual respect, democracy, and good economic governance [...] | 2007-06-21 14:01:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN OVIP AO |
07LUANDA693 | EU BLACKLISTS TAAG ANGOLAN AIRLINES [...] (C) Summary: The EU has included TAAG (Angolan National Airlines) on its black list as of July 6. Angola flirted with banning all EU flights to Angola in retaliation, but strong words of advice from the Ambassador and other foreign diplomats convinced the GRA to act sensibly to confront the i [...] | 2007-07-10 17:06:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON AO |
07LUANDA695 | CARLYLE GROUP VISITS ANGOLA LOOKING FOR NEW MARKETS [...] (C) Summary. The U.S. investment company The Carlyle Group brought its heavy hitters to Angola to meet with President Eduardo Dos Santos and the leaders of the GRA,s economic team and to persuade the Angolan national oil company Sonangol, the Ministry of Finance and perhaps the Angolan Develo [...] | 2007-07-11 16:03:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV AO |
07LUANDA696 | ANGOLA PROVINCIAL NOTES: SLOW DEVELOPMENT IN LUNDA [...] (SBU) Summary: Diamond-rich Lunda North province is on the slow track to development. Despite the important role of the diamond sector in contributing to Angola,s non-petroleum derived economy the province remains rural, underdeveloped and isolated from the rest of the country. Few employment [...] | 2007-07-11 16:07:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EMIN ECON PREF PINR SOCI KDEM AO |
07LUANDA70 | Angola: USAID-Central Bank Monetary Policy Workshop [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 11 to 13, USAID Angola and the Angolan National Bank sponsored a monetary policy workshop featuring local and international experts. The workshop provided a forum to openly and frankly discuss the next steps required to help Angola take full advantage of increasing o [...] | 2007-01-25 06:21:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID AO |
07LUANDA700 | ANGOLA PROVINCIAL NOTES: IN LUNDA NORTH, DIAMONDS [...] (C) Summary: Residents in Caito, a small village in Lunda Norte province, faced with limited economic opportunities and no government assistance, have turned to the diamond trade as a means of survival. Village leaders tried to sell Emboffs diamonds during their visit, and stated that the poli [...] | 2007-07-11 16:11:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EMIN ECON PREF PINR SOCI KDEM AO |
07LUANDA757 | CAE: GOOD FOR ANGOLA AND FOR AMERICAN BUSINESSES [...] (U) Summary. The Angolan Center for Business Support (CAE),founded to help bridge the gap between Angolan small and medium sized enterprises and the oil industry, now includes support for American businesses entering the Angolan market. To Angolan SMEs it provides the full range of business [...] | 2007-07-23 07:40:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ETRD ECON AO |
07LUANDA763 | ANGOLA'S EXPANDING BANKING SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary. The Angolan banking sector continues its rapid growth with two new Angolan-owned banks opening in June, bringing the total number of banks to seventeen, a thirty-five percent increase over two years ago. In addition, Angola's Banco BIC will expand to open a new Portuguese bank. [...] | 2007-07-23 16:14:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON SNAR AO |
07LUANDA785 | ANGOLA PROVINCIAL NOTES - HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION [...] (C) Summary: Diamond prospecting, legal or otherwise, is the only game in town for the majority of the people in Lunda Norte province. Lunda Norte's diamond riches come packaged with reports of human right abuses committed by both government and private security forces against iLLegal diamond [...] | 2007-07-31 21:22:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EMIN PHUM ECON PREF PINR KDEM SOCI AO |
07LUANDA862 | STRUGGLING FOR AVIATION SAFETY - ANGOLAN CIVIL AIR [...] (SBU) Summary. USTDA Country Manager for West and Central Africa Pierce Davis met with Angolan Civil Aviation Agency Director Antonio Pombal on 27 July 2007. Davis found a Pombal preoccupied with INAVIC,s efforts to overcome a European Union ban on TAAG flights. Pombal hopes for immediate [...] | 2007-08-20 16:44:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EAID ECON AO |
07LUANDA872 | DEMARCHE: SEEKING HIGH-LEVEL COMMITMENT FOR [...] (U) This is an action request, see paras. 6 and 7 2. (SBU) Summary. At the request of the President's diplomatic advisor (ref a),Charge delivered reftel c demarche to Vice Minister of Transportation Helder Preza on 21 August 2007. Preza has been ordered by President dos Santos to bri [...] | 2007-08-22 14:30:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON AO |
07LUANDA875 | ANGOLA: INFORMATION FOR THE U.S. INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) In response to reftel inquiry, Angola has no rubber industry at present. The Embassy has not heard serious discussion of creating a rubber industry. 2. (U) Although Angola has a large and growing diamond industry, in-country cutting and polishing remains limited. However, a new state o [...] | 2007-08-24 10:50:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON AO |
07LUANDA898 | ANGOLA - USTDA MEETS MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION [...] Summary. Druing his recent visit, Pierce Davis, Country Director for West and Southern Africa for the United States Trade and Development Agency, met with Joao Kuvingwa, National Director of Angola's Ministry of Transportation (MOT). They discussed potential USTDA projects to help develop A [...] | 2007-08-30 09:12:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON AO |
07LUSAKA1029 | ZAMBIA COMMITTED TO SOUND DEBT MANAGEMENT, SAYS FINANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: In the aftermath of high levels of bilateral and multilateral debt forgiveness, Zambia has maintained discipline in managing its external debt, according to the Minister of Finance and National Planning. Domestic debt and arrears continue to be fairly high, but government secur [...] | 2007-09-10 14:57:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ZA |
07LUSAKA1054 | ZAMBIA AUGUST 2007 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP [...] SUMMARY -- BOZ Bemoans Oil Prices, Warns Of Inflation Rate Rise -- Stakeholders Query Government Over CEE Act -- World Bank, IMF Caution On Copper Prices, Ag Subsidies -- BOZ To Withdraw Money From Commercial Banks -- Zambian Airways Records Growth -- Mining Companies Find High-Grade Uranium [...] | 2007-09-17 09:50:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV BEXP EAIR ZA |
07LUSAKA1109 | IMF GIVES ZAMBIA PASSING MARKS, BUT GROWTH PLATFORM "NEEDS [...] (SBU) Summary: Zambia's macroeconomic performance continues to receive good reviews from International Monetary Fund analysts, but budget execution remains a challenge, and may generate excess liquidity and inflation later in 2007. To achieve higher rates of growth that lift more Zambians out [...] | 2007-10-01 13:24:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PGOV EINV ENRG ZA |
07LUSAKA1132 | ZAMBIA SEPTEMBER 2007 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP [...] SUMMARY -- ZAMBIA RECORDS SINGLE DIGIT INFLATION -- URANIUM MINING PROJECTS AWAIT GRZ POLICY FINALIZATION -- ZESCO PROPOSES ELECTRICITY PRICE HIKES -- KCM IMPORTS STATE-OF-THE ART SMELTER PLANT EQUIPMENT -- NEW TRI-NATIONAL JOINT VENTURE ESTABLISHED -- COMMERCIAL BANK LENDING RATES TOO HIGH F [...] | 2007-10-05 06:11:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV BEXP EAIR ZA |
07LUSAKA1133 | ZAMBIA SEPTEMBER 2007 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP [...] SUMMARY -- ZAMBIA RECORDS SINGLE DIGIT INFLATION -- URANIUM MINING PROJECTS AWAIT GRZ POLICY FINALIZATION -- ZESCO PROPOSES ELECTRICITY PRICE HIKES -- KCM IMPORTS STATE-OF-THE ART SMELTER PLANT EQUIPMENT -- NEW TRI-NATIONAL JOINT VENTURE ESTABLISHED -- COMMERCIAL BANK LENDING RATES TOO HIGH F [...] | 2007-10-05 07:28:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV BEXP EAIR ZA |
07LUSAKA1246 | ZAMBIA OCTOBER 2007 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP [...] SUMMARY -- MWANAWASA HEADS TRADE DELEGATION TO SEATTLE -- CRITICAL FUEL SHORTAGE HITS ZAMBIA -- DIAMOND PROSPECTING VENTURE DOES NOT PAN OUT -- TRADING LICENSING ACT AMENDED -- THE ZAMBIA DEVELOPMENT ACT 2006 UNDERGOES REVISION -- NORTHERN PROVINCIAL AIRPORT CONSTRUCTION ON CARDS -- GRZ SUBM [...] | 2007-11-06 06:48:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV BEXP EAIR ZA |
07LUSAKA1318 | ZAMBIA NOVEMBER 2007 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP [...] SUMMARY -- ZAMBIAN AIRWAYS SUSPENDS FLIGHT SERVICES TO HARARE -- ANNUAL INFLATION RATE FALLS IN NOVEMBER -- LUSAKA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN NEED OF NEW RADAR CONTROL SYSTEM -- KARIBA NORTH BANK EXTENSION PROJECT TAKES OFF -- SOUTH KOREAN MINERALS COMPANY ENTERS MARKET -- COMESA TRADE MINISTER [...] | 2007-12-05 13:55:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD EAIR ECIN ZA |
07LUSAKA244 | ZAMBIA FEBRUARY ECONOMIC ROUNDUP [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-02 10:16:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ZA |
07LUSAKA372 | ZAMBIA MARCH 2007 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-29 08:16:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EAIR ZA |
07LUSAKA429 | IMF GIVES ZAMBIA'S ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT HIGH MARKS AGAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Zambia's Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility program is "on track" and its macroeconomic performance has been good, according to a recent International Monetary Fund assessment team visit. The Zambian Government (GRZ) adequately addressed the team's concerns about fiscal accou [...] | 2007-04-10 14:37:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EAID ZA |
07LUSAKA894 | ZAMBIA JULY 2007 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-08 05:10:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ZA |
07LUXEMBOURG122 | LUXEMBOURG ON TRACK TO SIGN U.S.-EU AIR TRANSPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-04 13:20:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EAIR PREL EU LU |
07LUXEMBOURG465 | TREASURY OFFICIALS MEET WITH GOL AND CLEARSTREAM [...] (C) SUMMARY: On 8 November 2007, the U.S. Department of Treasury held consultations in Luxembourg with the Government of Luxembourg (GOL) and private sector as part of ongoing USG outreach highlighting the danger of doing business with Iran. The Treasury delegation met with senior Ministry of [...] | 2007-11-16 14:50:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | TTFN EFIN PARM MNUC PREL KCRM ECON LU IR |
07MADRID1001 | MFA DEMARCHES ON ODYSSEY'S NEW SHIPWRECK FIND [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Summary. A recent discovery by Odyssey Marine Exploration company of an unidentified shipwreck, currently referred to as the "Black Swan", has created some controversy in the Spanish press and in GoS days before the local elections. [...] | 2007-05-24 17:01:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SP PREL EWWT SCUL PHSA |
07MADRID1030 | MEGAPORTS INITIATIVE: WORKING OUT THE KINKS IN [...] (SBU) Summary. The Megaports program to scan for nuclear or radiological materials in shipping containers was implemented March 2006 in Algeciras with respect to scanning import and export traffic. During meetings May 18, USG and host nation officials agreed on a plan to implement the transshi [...] | 2007-05-25 16:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EWWT ENRG PARM PREL SP |
07MADRID1038 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) Shaking off (at least for now) jitters of a few weeks ago, the IBEX-35 hit an all-time high on May 23 of 15,229.9 points. The market is up 7.62% so far this year. Despite fears of a housing market slowdown, even the big construction firms such as Ferrovial, ACS, FCC, Sacyr and Acciona hav [...] | 2007-05-30 14:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP EAGR EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ETRD TBIO SP |
07MADRID1075 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) A recent study on over 6,000 crewmembers who worked in 2002 to clean up the Prestige tanker oil spill off the cost of Galicia shows that thousands of the original clean-up crew are now suffering health problems that include breathing difficulties and chronic coughs. The study, is expected [...] | 2007-06-04 17:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP EAGR EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ETRD TBIO SP |
07MADRID108 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS: BRUCE JONES [...] Embassy grants country clearance to USGS Chief Scientist for Geography Bruce Jones to travel to Playa de Palma, Spain on February 10 to February 16. The purpose of this visit is to attend the final editorial board meeting for the NATO CCMS book on Landscape Science and Environmental Security. [...] | 2007-01-19 15:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PHYTRP KSCA ECON SENV SP |
07MADRID1110 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) Spain's best-performing fund manager thinks a harder, rather than softer, landing more likely for the Spanish economy. Francisco Parames, head of Madrid-based Bestinver Asset Management, says he was asked by Warren Buffet a few months ago for advice about investing in Spain. Parames said [...] | 2007-06-08 13:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP EAGR EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ETRD TBIO SP |
07MADRID1199 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) The OECD indicated this week that Spain needs a "fundamental and urgent" reform of their pension system, particularly given Spain's aging population. The OECD says that Spain is the fourth most generous of its member countries; a Spaniard with an average salary will receive approximately 8 [...] | 2007-06-19 01:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ETRD TBIO SP EINV |
07MADRID122 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT [...] (U) Standard & Poor says as of 2007 Spain is the eighth industrial economy in the world, thereby surpassing Canada: The S & P ranking in billions of dollars follows. U.S. (13.8),Japan (4.5),Germany (3.1),China (3.0),UK (2.4),France (2.4),Italy (2.0),Spain (1.3). Spain's debt rating is [...] | 2007-01-23 17:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAGR TBIO SP EINV EAIR UK EFIN |
07MADRID1262 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) Andrew Garthwaite, Chief Global Equity Strategist, summarized local opinion in an editorial about the weakening Spanish Economy. Garthwaite believes that Spain's economic boom was caused by the ECB interest rate being too low for Spain's unique economic circumstances. Garthwaite believes [...] | 2007-06-25 16:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ETRD TBIO SP EINV |
07MADRID1269 | SPAIN ON SUPPORT FOR UNRWA FLASH APPEAL [...] In separate discussions mid-June, EconOffs passed reftel points to Carolina Mayeur Dawel, Director of Middle East, Africa, and Western Europe Affairs at the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECI). EconOffs encouraged Spanish contributions to UNWRA, particularly in response to the [...] | 2007-06-27 15:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON LE KWBG EUN |
07MADRID1275 | BRITISH AMBASSADOR TALKS ABOUT ODYSSEY [...] (C) In a June 26 courtesy call, newly arrived British Ambassador to Spain Denise Holt (strictly protect) told the Ambassador that tensions with Spain over Odyssey were continuing to pose an unnecessary threat on the two countries' bilateral relationship. Holt stated for the record that the Br [...] | 2007-06-28 15:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON SP PREL EWWT SCUL PHSA PBTS |
07MADRID1281 | BRITISH AMBASSADOR TALKS ABOUT ODYSSEY [...] (C) In a June 26 courtesy call, newly arrived British Ambassador to Spain Denise Holt (strictly protect) told the Ambassador that tensions with Spain over Odyssey were continuing to pose an unnecessary threat on the two countries' bilateral relationship. Holt stated for the record that the Br [...] | 2007-06-28 16:35:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON SP PREL EWWT SCUL PHSA PBTS |
07MADRID1285 | WHEN WILL ODYSSEY SHIPS SAIL OUT? [...] (C) Odyssey Marine Exploration representatives Marie Rogers and Ali Nasser requested a meeting with EconOff June 26 to informally update the Embassy on the American company's plans to sail out from Gibraltar. Despite assurances that the Spanish would indeed attempt to execute the warrant against Od [...] | 2007-07-02 07:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON SP PREL EWWT SCUL PHSA PBTS |
07MADRID1289 | SPAIN ON PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-02 17:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SP OECD EAID EUN |
07MADRID1290 | SPAIN ON RESTRICTIONS ON EXPORT CREDITS/FINANCING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-02 17:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EFIN ETRD EXIM OECD UN SP IR ECON |
07MADRID1295 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) In a June 25 energy conference organized by the American Chamber of Commerce, the Ambassador spoke on the security, environmental and economic benefits of diversifying our energy sources. The Ambassador discussed the President's new initiative on climate change and our commitment to renew [...] | 2007-07-03 14:46:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ETRD TBIO SP EINV |
07MADRID1329 | ICAO ASSEMBLY DEMARCHES DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-06 09:01:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SP ETRD EAIR |
07MADRID1341 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) Operation Glamour, a major police operation against pirating in Spain netted 334,095 name brand articles made in Asia with an estimated value of 25 million euros, according to Pedro Calvo, delegate of Community Security & Mobility. Operation Glamour was successful in dismantling an interna [...] | 2007-07-09 14:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ETRD KIPR TBIO SP |
07MADRID1404 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) Standard & Poor's says Spanish corporate debt is at 106% of GDP, compared with a 70% Eurozone average. The result is that banks are having a harder time syndicating loans. Colonial's (a major Spanish real estate group) chief financial officer says there has been a "radical change in the [...] | 2007-07-16 12:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ETRD KIPR TBIO SP |
07MADRID1440 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) In what we hope to be the first of biannual meetings, the Ambassador led a discussion with Vice President and Finance Minister Solbes and AmCham board members on economic issues of interest to the AmCham. Ambassador attended a similar event with the Minister of Industry on May 10, and we [...] | 2007-07-23 13:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ETRD KIPR SP EINV UK |
07MADRID1486 | TERRORISM FINANCE: SPAIN ON DOMESTIC USG [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-30 10:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER LE SP ECON |
07MADRID1489 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) The opposition Popular Party recently proposed tax cuts on the order of euros 20 billion. The budget surplus this year is euros 7 billion - Solbes says any tax cuts should amount to considerably less than this figure given future health and pension commitments. The Minister also critici [...] | 2007-07-30 14:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ENRG ETRD KIPR PTER |
07MADRID1510 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) Both the GOS and the IMF agree on a 2007 growth forecast of 3.8% and a 2008 forecast of 3.3%. However, the GOS is somewhat less apprehensive of the possibility of overheating in 2008 and plays up increased capital goods spending and slight productivity improvements as evidence that there [...] | 2007-08-03 14:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ENRG ETRD KIPR PTER |
07MADRID1511 | HOUSING MARKET FINALLY COOLING, BUT THE [...] SUMMARY: As the Spanish economy pushes forward toward matching wealthier EU members, it continues to face challenges. Spain must increase its competitiveness across the board, especially in its labor markets, energy utilities and telecoms. What has been of most immediate concern lately, howev [...] | 2007-08-03 14:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SP PREL |
07MADRID1555 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) The Madrid exchange lost 2.59% of its value on Friday. Banks and real estate groups lost most value. What is happening in Spain is similar to what is happening in other major equities markets. The major Spanish banks continue to say they are not overly exposed to the American subprime m [...] | 2007-08-13 08:53:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ENRG ETRD KIPR PTER |
07MADRID1600 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) This follows Thursday's 3.72% drop. Spain's Dow equivalent, the Ibex-35, had a rocky week, like most European stock markets. The market fell by about 4% over the week. The general and financial press has been full of stories about the dramatic events on the stock market, particularly aft [...] | 2007-08-20 08:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ENRG ETRD SP EINV EAGR SMIG |
07MADRID1601 | SPAIN ON U.S. CANDIDACY FOR ICAO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-20 13:32:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAIR AORC ICAO SP ECON |
07MADRID1611 | TERRORISM FINANCE: SPAIN ON AL-SALAH SOCIETY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-21 14:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER IS SP ECON |
07MADRID1633 | CODEL BROWN DISCUSSES TRAIN INFRASTRUCTURE AND [...] (U) Summary. During a visit to Spain August 13-15, Congresswomen Corrine Brown (D-FL),Grace Napolitano (D-CA),and Stephanie Tubbs-Jones (D-OH) discussed railway security and investment with Spanish Congressional officials and railroad representatives. Spanish parliamentarians from the Cham [...] | 2007-08-24 15:19:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SP ECON ELTN EIND OVIP |
07MADRID1643 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MEETING ON COLOMBIA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-28 14:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SNAR PREF PTER PARM EAID ECON OPDC CO SP |
07MADRID1708 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) John Fleming, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ford's European division signed an agreement with union leaders at the group's Valencia plant on Wednesday in which Ford has pledged to invest 400 million euros to maintain production through 2013. In turn the unions have agreed to " [...] | 2007-08-31 16:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ENRG ETRD SP EINV EAGR SMIG |
07MADRID1734 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) For the first time, on 9/5/07, Economy and Finance Minister Solbes conceded that there was more "uncertainty" about prospects for the Spanish economy, although he was quick to add he still thinks that Spain will grow by "close to" 3% in 2008, which is still higher than the eurozone average [...] | 2007-09-10 11:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ENRG ETRD SP EINV EAGR SOCI |
07MADRID1735 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) For the first time, on 9/5/07, Economy and Finance Minister Solbes conceded that there was more "uncertainty" about prospects for the Spanish economy, although he was quick to add he still thinks that Spain will grow by "close to" 3% in 2008, which is still higher than the eurozone average [...] | 2007-09-10 11:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ENRG ETRD SP EINV EAGR SOCI |
07MADRID1801 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) The European Commission released growth forecasts on 9/11/07. The Commission maintained its 3.7% GDP growth forecast for Spain in 2007 compared with 2.5% for the eurozone and 2.9% for the UK. Fourteen private sector entities also maintained an average growth forecast of 3.8% for Spain in [...] | 2007-09-17 15:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ENRG ETRD SP EINV EAGR SOCI |
07MADRID1804 | SPAIN'S STANCE ON JOINING AND CONTRIBUTING TO A [...] (SBU) On September 13, MFA's Deputy Director for Multilateral Economic Issues Juan Luis Munoz de Laborde told EconOff that Spain would postpone joining or contributing financially to the Partnership for Democratic Governance (PDG) until it became clearer what role and form the fledging organiz [...] | 2007-09-17 20:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SP OECD EAID EUN |
07MADRID1806 | CONGEN BARCELONA ACTION ON ROSALINI CASE AND [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified. 2. This is an action cable. See para. 3. 3. ConGen Barcelona called the Audiencia Provincial de Barcelona on 9/12/07 and learned that Dugan Rosalini's case has been postponed until sometime in early April, 2008. The case is being handled by [...] | 2007-09-18 09:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP CASC ECON SP |
07MADRID1807 | SPECIAL 301 DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified. 2. Per ref B instructions, Embassy delivered the Special 301 demarche to Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade Subdirector General for EU Trade Policy, Inigo Febrel Melgarejo, on 9/5/07; Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade Deputy Head of Ser [...] | 2007-09-18 09:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV ADCO SP |
07MADRID1823 | EMBASSY MADRID PROPOSAL FOR U.S.-SPAIN RENEWABLE [...] Summary: Consistent with our Mission Strategic Plan, Embassy Madrid is launching an initiative to increase linkages between Spanish and U.S. government and private sector leaders in the area of renewable energy. Spanish firms are world leaders in renewable energy technology, and there is inc [...] | 2007-09-19 16:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ECON ENRG EINV KGHG KPAO SENV SP |
07MADRID1832 | SPAIN: ICAO DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SPLIT-CURRENCY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-21 16:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ICAO SP PREL ECON |
07MADRID1834 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) First Vice President and Finance Minister Pedro Solbes would like to make this benefit prospective (not clear from media reports as of exactly when),but all the opposition parties want to make the benefit applicable to parents of children born as of January 1, 2007. (Comment: Usually the [...] | 2007-09-21 16:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ENRG ETRD SP EINV EAGR SOCI |
07MADRID1902 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) The government proposes to spend Euros 289.8 billion and collect Euros 301.6 billion in taxes, which represents a projected budget surplus of 1.15% of GDP. The budget surplus assumes Spain will grow by 3.3% in 2008, which is still a reasonable, albeit somewhat optimistic, forecast given th [...] | 2007-10-01 11:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ENRG ETRD SP EINV EAGR SOCI |
07MADRID1909 | SPAIN: UPDATE ON MEGAPORTS NON-PROLIFERATION [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 17-18, representatives from the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) visited Spain to assess the implementation of the Megaports program at the Port of Algeciras and negotiate a cost-sharing expansion to Spain's other leading ports: Barcelona and Valenci [...] | 2007-10-01 17:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EWWT ENRG PARM PREL SP |
07MADRID194 | SPAIN: TELEFONICA'S VIEW OF VENEZUELA AND REST OF [...] DCM, accompanied by ECONOFF, met February 5 with Jose Maria Alvarez-Pallete Lopez, President of Telefonica International, to discuss Chavez's telcoms (e.g., CANTV) nationalization threats and their potential impact on Telefonica's Venezuela operations/investment. Alvarez-Pallete said that Tel [...] | 2007-02-06 11:05:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EFIN ETRD PREL |
07MADRID1942 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) Spanish Employers Federation (CEOE) Economic Commission President Jose Luis Feito says the Spanish economy can withstand a dollar/euro exchange rate of 1/1.4 because most Spanish exports go to Europe and, besides, exports are not as important a component of Spanish GDP as they are for coun [...] | 2007-10-06 08:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ENRG ETRD SP EINV EAGR SOCI |
07MADRID1950 | EMBASSY ASKS MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, TOURISM AND [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified. 2. EconCouns and EconOff met with the Minister of Industry, Tourism and Trade's (Joan Clos) Chief of Staff, Marc Murtra, and Industry Advisor Bruno Fernandez Scrimieri, on 10/4/07. EconOff queried Murtra on the Ministry's thinking on the Rosalini [...] | 2007-10-09 15:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP CASC ECON SP |
07MADRID1977 | SPAIN DETAINS ODYSSEY EXPLORER IN DISPUTED [...] (C) The Bahamian-flagged Odyssey Explorer sailed out of Gibraltar at 9:38 am local time the morning of October 16 and was immediately approached by the Spanish Navy and the Guardia Civil approximately 3.5 nautical miles south of Gibraltar in disputed waters. The Spanish authorities detained t [...] | 2007-10-16 17:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PHSA SCUL SP UK CA ECON |
07MADRID1982 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) The President of the Bank of Spain, Miguel Angel Fernandez Ordonez, forecasts 2008 GDP growth of 3% or possibly somewhat less. The IMF currently forecasts 2.7% growth for Spain in 2008. (Comment: The lower central bank forecast is perhaps most interesting, as Fernandez was appointed to h [...] | 2007-10-17 16:08:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB KIPR SP EINV |
07MADRID1998 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) The index closed on October 18 at 15,501 points, its highest level ever, despite lingering fears of the impact of the subprime mortgage crisis. Analysts say that the good results posted by Telefonica, Santander, BBVA, Iberdrola, Endesa and other energy companies, plus the U.S. Fed's intere [...] | 2007-10-22 08:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB KIPR SP EINV |
07MADRID2045 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (SBU) In meeting with Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade Deputy Director for EU Trade Policy, Inigo Febrel, USTR Director for EU Affairs, David Weiner emphasized President Bush's personal engagement on Doha matters, and that the USG does see a possibility for a successful conclusion of the [...] | 2007-10-29 14:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB KIPR SP EINV |
07MADRID2065 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) Second Vice President and Finance Minister Pedro Solbes said the announcement of the European-harmonized inflation rate was a "bad figure without redeeming features." The 3.6% was an unexpectedly steep increase from the September figure of 2.7%, which itself was already 0.6% above the eur [...] | 2007-11-05 09:20:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EFIN EIND ELAB EPET SOCI SP EINV |
07MADRID2083 | SPAIN'S 2008 PROPOSED BUDGET COMBINES SPENDING [...] Summary. With only four months left until general elections, the PSOE government has successfully side-stepped attempts led by conservative opposition Partido Popular (PP) representatives in the Chamber of Deputies to derail its 2008 proposed budget. The Administration's budget focuses heavily [...] | 2007-11-07 14:13:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SP ECON EFIN PGOV |
07MADRID2084 | FATF/IRAN STATEMENTS DELIVERED TO SPAIN [...] DCM shared on 10/31/07 reftel points on the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) statements on Iran with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Political Director Rafael Dezcallar. Embassy is also sharing reftel points with Ministry of Economy Secretary of State David Vegara's office. 2. Comment: Our [...] | 2007-11-07 15:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC ECON KTFN IR SP |
07MADRID2101 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) The Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade sponsored a November 7-8 "Conference on Intellectual Property Rights in the Digital Environment" that included representatives from the USG (Associate Register of Copyrights David Carson),France, the UK and Korea, as well as representatives of c [...] | 2007-11-14 15:35:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD KIPR PTER SOCI TBIO |
07MADRID2128 | USG REPRESENTATIVES REITERATE INTEREST IN WORKING [...] (U) Summary: Associate Register of Copyrights David Carson, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Senior Counsel Michael Shapiro and Deputy Chief of Mission Hugo Llorens used the Spanish government organized Madrid November 7-8, 2007 "Conference on Intellectual Property Rights in the Digital Environment" [...] | 2007-11-19 09:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV ADCO SP |
07MADRID2129 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE - NOVEMBER [...] (U) The 0.7% quarter-on-quarter GDP growth figure was lower than the second quarter's 0.9%, so it tracks with other signs of a slowdown. The Spanish government forecasts full-year 2007 growth of 3.8%. (Comment: The big question is how much lower growth will be in 2008. The opposition conser [...] | 2007-11-19 10:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD KIPR PTER SOCI TBIO SP |
07MADRID2150 | SCENESETTER: SPAIN WELCOMES SECRETARY PETERS [...] (SBU) I welcome you to Spain on behalf of our 362 American and Spanish colleagues serving the United States at Mission Spain. Your visit comes just three months before the general elections, an exciting time for the country in what appears will be a very close race between incumbent President [...] | 2007-11-23 18:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SP ECON OREP PREL |
07MADRID2155 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE - NOVEMBER [...] (U) There is much media speculation that Second Vice President and Finance Minister Solbes will run for a parliamentary seat, perhaps as the number two to President Zapatero in the Madrid area. (Comment: Getting Solbes to stay, and to run, is all about shoring up the PSOE's centrist and center [...] | 2007-11-26 13:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD KIPR PTER SOCI TBIO SP |
07MADRID2179 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY DANIEL FRIED BILATERAL WITH [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Fried met with Montenegrin Foreign Minister Milan Rocen on 11/29/07 on the margins of the 11/29-30/07 Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Ministerial in Madrid. Rocen was not willing to commit on when Montenegro might recognize Kosovo - [...] | 2007-11-30 14:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV NATO PREL OSCE |
07MADRID2183 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE - NOVEMBER [...] Table of Contents: EFIN: Inflation up again PGOV: Solbes agrees to run with Zapatero PGOV/SENV/KGHG/ENRG: Socialist climate change policy ideas in flux PGOV/ELAB: Opposition conservative PP proposes labor market change EAGR: Livestock producers receive subsidies; biotech could address pro [...] | 2007-12-03 13:05:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ELAB ENRG ETRD KGHG KIPR PGOV SENV |
07MADRID2216 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE - DECEMBER [...] (U) The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) held its 19th Business Roundtable with the GOS in Madrid on December 4. The EIU tried with mixed success to get the high-level participants to talk about the prospects of a hard landing versus a soft landing scenario for the Spanish economy. President [...] | 2007-12-10 09:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EWWT KIPR PARM PGOV SP |
07MADRID2235 | SPAIN WANTS MORE COMPENSATION IN BANKING OR [...] Summary: Spain recognizes that the U.S. has made a serious offer to resolve the WTO internet gambling case. However, Spain is looking for more compensation in banking or insurance. Moreover, as Spain appears to be relatively liberal on internet gambling, the public order argument for maintai [...] | 2007-12-14 09:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD WTRO SP |
07MADRID2240 | DCM HOSTS CIVIL AVIATION SECURITY DISCUSSION [...] (U) Summary. On November 14, the DCM along with various sections of the Embassy hosted an interagency group of key representatives from Spain's civil aviation security sector. The DCM expressed the Embassy's appreciation for GOS security efforts and pledged to continue and increase dialogue an [...] | 2007-12-14 12:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SP ECON PREL ICAO EAIR AORC |
07MADRID2250 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE - DECEMBER [...] (SBU) The Ambassador spoke on December 10 to the Circulo de Confianza, a blue-chip collection of important businessmen that also includes a few politicians and government officials. The Circulo meets periodically for off-the-record conversations with prominent individuals. Spaniards have a t [...] | 2007-12-14 17:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EAGR ECON EIND EINT EINV ENRG KIPR KNNP |
07MADRID2266 | SPAIN FIVE YEARS AFTER ELECTRICITY MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary. Five years after all consumers were given the right to choose their own electricity providers, two companies control 80 percent of the Spanish electricity generation and distribution market. This market dominance by Endesa and Iberdrola has remained consistent over the past fi [...] | 2007-12-19 08:01:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SP ENRG PREL EPET SENV |
07MADRID2292 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE - DECEMBER [...] (U) The PSOE government can point to another piece of good news on the economic front as the campaign approaches. Eurostat statistics for 2006 showed Spain's per capita GDP passing Italy's for the first time. This puts Spain in eighth place among the 13 Euro countries, with a per capita incom [...] | 2007-12-21 14:12:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ELTN KIPR PGOV TBIO SP |
07MADRID2305 | SPAIN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (IPR) STRATEGY [...] (SBU) This message is sensitive but unclassified and not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Given the USG's Special 301-related concerns with respect to the protection of copyrighted materials in Spain, the Embassy has developed a short, medium and long-term IPR strategy for Spain [...] | 2007-12-28 18:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON ETRD SP |
07MADRID2306 | REAL ESTATE MARKET DOWNTURN RAISES UNEMPLOYMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. As commonly predicted, housing sales and construction in Spain have steadily decreased this year, with sales of new and used homes down by almost 20 percent since the first quarter of 2007. Real estate developers are taking the brunt of this downturn, while other players have h [...] | 2007-12-28 18:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SP PREL |
07MADRID2307 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE - DECEMBER [...] (U) An Expansion Ipsos poll conducted December 14-16, 2007 showed that 50% of those polled thought that the economy had worsened during President Zapatero's tenure, 26% thought that it had not changed and 20% thought that it had improved. Curiously, however, 43% of Spaniards still think that th [...] | 2007-12-29 17:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ELTN KIPR PGOV TBIO SP |
07MADRID246 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT [...] (U) Finance Minister Solbes lays out a mostly rosy scenario for Spanish economy and says Spain does not share the same economic vulnerabilities as the U.S.: While speaking to a packed 1/24/07 Europa Press event, Solbes was mostly upbeat but acknowledged that Spain needs to improve its producti [...] | 2007-02-13 09:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID EAIR ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD TBIO SP |
07MADRID312 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT [...] (U) A Financial Times survey shows over two thirds of Spaniards would like a return to the peseta: The FT also found similar majorities against the euro in France and Italy, but a smaller majority opposed to the euro in Germany. Majorities in all these countries thought the euro was good for [...] | 2007-02-22 08:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID EAIR ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD SENV TBIO |
07MADRID396 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT [...] (U) An EU Directive from 1991 requires Member States to treat waste water in towns containing over 2,000 inhabitants to specified standards by December 2005. Spain codified this directive into national law via its 1995 Water Treatment Plan. But it is clear that Spain has failed to implement [...] | 2007-03-02 17:56:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID EAIR ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD SENV TBIO |
07MADRID41 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS: THIELER [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Robert Thieler, Research Geologist, USGS to travel to Malaga, Spain on January 15 to January 20. The purpose of this visit is to participate and present at the Scientific Planning Discussions at the First Meeting on Climate Change Regional Impacts: Andalus [...] | 2007-01-10 14:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA ECON SENV SP |
07MADRID475 | SPANISH ATTENDANCE AT INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH [...] (U) ESTHOFF passed reftel points March 9 to several senior officials at Spain's Agency for International Cooperation (AECI),encouraging senior level attendance at the March 16 ICI meeting in New York. POLOFF passed same request to MFA's Iraq office. Both ESTHOFF and POLOFF encouraged thei [...] | 2007-03-14 08:45:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL SP |
07MADRID496 | SPAIN STILL SUPPOORTS U.S. - EU OPEN SKIES PLUS [...] (SBU) EconCouns reconfirmed on March 15 that the GOS will vote in favor of the U.S.-EU Open Skies Plus Agreement. Civil aviation authorities also noted to EconOff on March 15 that Spain will do everything possible to push the UK to take a more conciliatory approach. 2. (U) Iberia Airlines r [...] | 2007-03-15 18:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR KTIA PREL SP |
07MADRID498 | SPAIN STILL SUPPORTS U.S.-EU OPEN SKIES PLUS [...] (SBU) EconCouns reconfirmed on March 15 that the GOS will vote in favor of the U.S.-EU Open Skies Plus Agreement. Civil aviation authorities also noted to EconOff on March 15 that Spain will do everything possible to push the UK to take a more conciliatory approach. 2. (U) Iberia Airlines r [...] | 2007-03-16 08:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR KTIA PREL SP |
07MADRID510 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT [...] (U) Visits to Spain in January 2007, primarily from Britain and Germany, but increasingly from France, Italy, and Scandinavia, were up 4 percent over January 2006. According to the Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Tourism, tourism volume to the Canary Islands fell slightly, but increased in C [...] | 2007-03-19 11:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EIND ECON EFIN ETRD SENV TBIO SP EINV UK |
07MADRID564 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-27 12:19:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EAGR EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ENRG ETRD KNNP |
07MADRID60 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT [...] (U) Greenpeace Spain recently posted its calendar year (CY) 2006 environmental report card for Spain. In its analysis, posted to their Website (http://www.greenpeace.org/espana/),it announced that one of the most important developments in Spain during CY 2006 was a reduction in biotechnology [...] | 2007-01-12 13:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAGR TBIO SP EINV EAIR UK |
07MADRID630 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT [...] (U) Financial Times Columnist Martin Wolf says "The pain in Spain will follow years of rapid economic gain" - but he argues the pain may still be years away. Wolf addresses the issue of whether current account deficits matter inside a monetary union. His answer: "no, because there cannot be a [...] | 2007-04-04 15:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP EAGR EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ENRG ETRD KNNP |
07MADRID692 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT [...] (U) Finance Minister Solbes, Central Bank Chief Ordonez and Secretary of State for Economy Vergara traveling to Washington this weekend to campaign for bigger IMF Quota: Spain's IMF quota share is 1.41%, below Belgium's 2.13%. The Spaniards are aware that China, Mexico, Russia, Turkey and Bra [...] | 2007-04-13 16:32:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP EAGR EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ETRD TBIO SP |
07MADRID7 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS: MOODY AND MARTIN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to John Moody, and Deborah Martin, Research Hydrologists to travel to Barcelona, Spain on January 30 to February 6. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present a paper at the International meeting of fire effects on soil properties and will also conduct [...] | 2007-01-03 17:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PHYTRP KSCA ECON SENV SP |
07MADRID717 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT [...] (U) In what was billed by the GOS as the first annual "State of Economy" message, Zapatero praised the performance of the Spanish economy and released a report. He deliberately did not choose parliament as the venue for delivering the message as he reportedly wanted to avoid criticism from th [...] | 2007-04-19 17:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EAGR EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ETRD TBIO SP |
07MADRID902 | SPAIN ON OECD ENLARGEMENT AND FINANCING REFORM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-11 17:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON OECD SP EUN |
07MADRID907 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) MINISTER OF INDUSTRY CLOS HOSTS AMBASSADOR AND AMERICAN BUSINESS COUNCIL FOR WORKING LUNCH Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism Joan Clos hosted the Ambassador and an executive group from the American Business Council (ABC) for lunch May 10. The ABC groups the largest U.S. investors [...] | 2007-05-14 13:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP EAGR EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ETRD TBIO SP |
07MADRID94 | SPAIN SUPPORTS LEBANON CONFERENCE BUT WILL NOT [...] ESTHOFF passed reftel points January 10 to several senior level contacts in the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECI),urging Spain to dispatch a ministerial-level delegation to the January 25 Lebanon conference in Paris and to announce additional financial support for Lebanon a [...] | 2007-01-18 14:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID LE SP |
07MADRID981 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) Spanish economy grew by 4% on an annualized basis during the first quarter of 2007, according to the National Institute of Statistics (INE). The composition of the growth (exports, domestic demand, construction etc.) will be released in the next couple of weeks. Analysts will be looking [...] | 2007-05-21 16:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP EAGR EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ETRD TBIO SP |
07MANAGUA1029 | NICARAGUA: NO PROPERTY RESOLUTIONS IN FIRST [...] (SBU) Summary: In the three-month period following the January 10th inauguration of President Daniel Ortega, the Government of Nicaragua has failed to resolve any claim involving the restitution of or compensation for U.S. citizen property illegally expropriated in the 1980s. Since 1995, when [...] | 2007-04-23 21:06:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON NU |
07MANAGUA106 | ORTEGA BLAIMS "NEO-LIBERALISM" FOR NICARAGUAN [...] (U) Summary: New Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega assumed office on January 10 singing the praises of his Bolivarian "twin" Hugo Chavez and proclaiming the failure of "neo-liberalism." Ortega repeated his campaign promises to alleviate poverty through national and regional "unity," joining [...] | 2007-01-17 17:40:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ECON KDEM NU |
07MANAGUA1083 | NICARAGUAN EDUCATION SYSTEM IN CRISIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the past month, Nicaragua's chronically under-funded and fragile education system suffered turmoil over wage disputes, worsened by political rivalries. Teachers demanding a larger salary increase have paralyzed schools throughout the country through partial or complete wor [...] | 2007-04-27 14:49:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV ECON ELAB NU |
07MANAGUA1183 | MADRIZ - ORTEGA PROMISES REMAIN UNFULFILLED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Citing higher gas prices, no new jobs, and political favoritism, the citizens of Somoto and Totogalpa, Madriz spoke to the Ambassador of growing dissatisfaction with President Ortega's administration. While local opposition leaders are talking, they have not unified or capitali [...] | 2007-05-08 16:12:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM ECON PGOV PINR NU |
07MANAGUA1207 | NICARAGUA: NEW PROPERTY SUPERINTENDENT ON PROSPECT FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EconCouns and Econoff met with Property Superintendent Mireya Molina on April 25 to stress the importance of accelerating resolutions for confiscated and expropriated American citizen properties in Nicaragua. As of the date of that meeting, the Office of the Property Superintend [...] | 2007-05-09 21:45:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
07MANAGUA1217 | NICARAGUA: OIL CONCESSIONS TO U.S. COMPANIES [...] (C) Summary: On 10 August, 2006, a court in the Southern Autonomous Atlantic Region (RAAS) accepted a writ of injunction/relief against the Attorney General for signing oil exploration concessions with two U.S. companies without having properly consulted with the governments of the Autonomous [...] | 2007-05-10 22:24:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ECON PREL NU |
07MANAGUA1230 | NICARAGUA: AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS MONTHLY UPDATE: APRIL [...] (U) Summary: In April of the 2006-2007 waiver year, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) did not resolve any Embassy-registered property claims. No claims have been resolved so far in CY 07. Since January 1995, 2,509 Embassy-registered property claims belonging to 654 American citizens (Amcits) have b [...] | 2007-05-11 22:49:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
07MANAGUA1265 | NICARAGUA: NICARAGUA'S COASTAL LAND LEGISLATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the last decade, there has been a significant increase in Nicaraguan beachfront property investments, including many investments by American citizens. Land laws do not discriminate between foreign and domestic owners, but investor uncertainty in the face of a history of tang [...] | 2007-05-15 22:28:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON EWWT USTR KIDE NU |
07MANAGUA1273 | NICARAGUA'S IRAN-VENEZUELA RELATIONS [...] (S) Summary: Given President Daniel Ortega's close relationship with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the restoration of diplomatic ties with Iran, and the visit of President Ahmedinejad to Nicaragua, the Embassy has not formally engaged the Nicaraguans on the Venezuelan-Iranian alliance (Ref [...] | 2007-05-16 21:06:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | PREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER VE IR NU |
07MANAGUA1327 | TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IMPROVES ABILITY OF NEWLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After several years of planning, a vetted unit has been created in Nicaragua to investigate high-profile financial, corruption-related, narcotics and transnational crimes. The unit has been initially funded by illicitly acquired assets of corrupt former Nicaraguan officials t [...] | 2007-05-23 23:12:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV OPIC KCOR PGOV SNAR KCRIM KJUS NU |
07MANAGUA1356 | NICARAGUA: AMBASSADOR RAISES U.S. CITIZEN [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 18, the Ambassador called on Attorney General Hernan Estrada to discuss upcoming deliberations for a waiver of Section 527 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act (Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995). The Ambassador noted that the new government had not resolved a single prop [...] | 2007-05-29 20:54:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
07MANAGUA1359 | NICARAGUA: AMBASSADOR RAISES U.S. CITIZEN [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 18, the Ambassador called on Attorney General Hernan Estrada to discuss upcoming deliberations for a waiver of Section 527 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act (Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995). The Ambassador noted that the new government had not resolved a single prop [...] | 2007-05-29 21:55:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
07MANAGUA1392 | POST REQUESTS EXTENSION OF RLA PROGRAM [...] This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador requests serious consideration by State INL and DOJ-OIA of a continuation of the highly effective Resident Legal Advisor (RLA) position at Embassy Managua. Over the past three years, the RLA program has allowed this po [...] | 2007-06-01 14:53:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV KCOR KCRIM SNAR KJUS NU |
07MANAGUA1409 | NICARAGUA: AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS MONTHLY UPDATE: MAY 2007 [...] (U) Summary: In May of the 2006-2007 waiver year, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) did not resolve any Embassy-registered property claims. No claims have been resolved so far in CY 07. Since January 1995, 2,509 Embassy-registered property claims belonging to 654 American citizens (Amcits) have bee [...] | 2007-06-04 19:40:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
07MANAGUA1528 | NICARAGUA: 2007 EXPROPRIATION REPORT [...] (U) This cable provides proposed language for the Nicaragua chapter of the 2007 Report on Investment Disputes and Expropriation Claims. Embassy will e-mail comprehensive annex with details of confiscated property claims by June 15 per reftel request. Property Confiscation Claims ----------- [...] | 2007-06-15 21:17:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON PGOV KIDE OPIC CASC NU |
07MANAGUA1562 | CHINANDEGANOS CONCERNED ABOUT ORTEGA, OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: The politically active citizens of Nicaragua's north-western department of Chinandega are concerned about President Ortega's centralization of government and attempts to establish local citizens' councils. Members of the private sector note that economic activity is generally dec [...] | 2007-06-21 16:26:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON KDEM MCC NU |
07MANAGUA1615 | VENEZUELA'S BANDES OPENS ITS DOORS IN NICARAGUA [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 21, President Ortega officially opened the Venezuelan Bank for Economic and Social Development (BANDES) in Nicaragua. He personally handed out USD 9.65 million in loans to six cooperatives for small agricultural projects and USD 10 million in grants to five parastatals. [...] | 2007-07-02 16:15:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV PREL NU VE |
07MANAGUA1621 | FIVE PILLARS OF FSLN STRATEGY [...] (C) A document leaked to the press recently revealed that the FSLN has readied a plan called the "Five Pillars of the Revolutionary Project" to be formally announced on the July 19 celebration of the 28th anniversary of the Somoza overthrow. The 5 Pillars are: direct democracy and civilian po [...] | 2007-07-02 16:39:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON KDEM NU |
07MANAGUA1622 | ORTEGA ADMINISTRATION AT SIX MONTHS [...] (C) Summary: During his first six months in office, President Daniel Ortega has expanded executive powers and used them to destroy or give away pieces of Nicaragua's cultural patrimony; to threaten opposition media and freedom of expression; to fire large numbers of government officials and r [...] | 2007-07-02 17:35:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON NU |
07MANAGUA1624 | DEMARCHE ON WTO ARTICLE XXI PROCEDURE [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel points in May to Director General for Trade Sonia Somarriba, who promised to respond later as to whether Nicaragua would seek compensation. Since, the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Development (MIFIC) has undergone high-level changes, including the minister an [...] | 2007-07-02 22:20:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON WTRO NU |
07MANAGUA1661 | NICARAGUA: AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS MONTHLY UPDATE: JUNE 2007-FIVE RESOLUTIONS [...] (U) Summary: In June of the 2006-2007 waiver year, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) resolved five Embassy-registered property claims belonging to one American citizen, the first resolutions in CY 07. Since January 1995, 2,514 Embassy-registered property claims belonging to 655 American citiz [...] | 2007-07-05 20:03:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
07MANAGUA1672 | UPDATE ON NICARAGUA'S FOREIGN DEBT [...] (SBU) Summary: Nicaragua continues to reduce its foreign debt load. The commercial debt buy-back program, which will reduce foreign debt claims by USD 1.3 billion, is almost complete. Despite strong lobbying efforts with Iran and Libya, no additional countries have forgiven non-Paris Club bil [...] | 2007-07-06 21:15:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EPET PGOV PREL NU |
07MANAGUA1689 | NICARAGUA: SECTION 527 WAIVER OBSERVATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Post recommends that the Secretary of State issue an annual waiver to Section 527 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act of FY 1994/1995. Between August 1, 2006, and June 30, 2007, the Government of Nicaragua resolved 34 Embassy-registered claims for 18 U.S. citizens. While [...] | 2007-07-10 16:37:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
07MANAGUA1719 | UPDATE ON NICARAGUA'S DOMESTIC DEBT [...] (SBU) Summary: Working with the U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA),Nicaragua is taking the first steps in addressing its excessive domestic debt burden. The OTA designed National Debt Management Strategy aims to develop an internal market for government debt to [...] | 2007-07-13 20:22:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV PREL NU |
07MANAGUA1720 | ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF "CUADERNO SANDINISTA, NO.1" [...] (SBU) Summary. "Cuaderno Sandinista No. 1," a propaganda piece produced by the FSLN Department of Political Education, claims to outline a new plan of reconciliation and national unity for Nicaragua. The plan is anchored by three pillars: improving the well-being of citizens, equitable econom [...] | 2007-07-13 20:23:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PREL NU |
07MANAGUA1741 | U.S. Q NICARAGUA TRADE GROWING UNDER CAFTA-DR [...] (SBU) Nicaraguan exports to the United States increased by 17.4 percent, up from $733 million to $910 million, during the first 12 months of CAFTA-DR. Excluding maquila, data show Nicaragua exports were up 8.2 percent, from $541 million to $585 million. In addition to maquila, other sectors [...] | 2007-07-17 22:00:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL NU |
07MANAGUA1748 | U.S. - NICARAGUA TRADE GROWING UNDER CAFTA-DR [...] (SBU) Nicaraguan exports to the United States increased by 17.4 percent, up from $733 million to $910 million, during the first 12 months of CAFTA-DR. Excluding maquila, data show Nicaragua exports were up 8.2 percent, from $541 million to $585 million. In addition to maquila, other sectors s [...] | 2007-07-18 15:24:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL NU |
07MANAGUA1750 | NICARAGUAN PUBLIC SEES COUNTRY ON WRONG PATH WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Nicaraguan public opinion has continued to sour on President Daniel Ortega, with his approval rating taking a 60-point nose-dive from a positive 51 percent job approval rating in February to a negative 10 percent approval just four months later, according to the latest CID-Gallu [...] | 2007-07-18 21:53:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PHUM ECON NU |
07MANAGUA1753 | ENERGY CRISIS FORCES GOVERNMENT TO CUT WORK WEEK [...] (U) Summary: Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has mandated a shortened workday for all executive branch offices in Managua in accordance with a recent agreement establishing a nation-wide blackout schedule. The agreement signed by the Nicaraguan Energy Institute (INE) and Spanish-owned energ [...] | 2007-07-20 12:46:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON PGOV NU |
07MANAGUA1771 | NICARAGUA AND THE IMF HAVE A PRGF AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: The IMF and GON have almost completed a three-year Poverty Reduction Growth Facility (PRGF) agreement. After finalization of some budgetary numbers, the PRGF will go before the IMF Board in October. Characterizing the agreement as "plain vanilla," IMF ResRep Humberto Arbulu Neir [...] | 2007-07-23 14:47:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV PREL NU |
07MANAGUA1783 | ZERO HUNGER- NOT A LONG TERM SOLUTION [...] (SBU) Summary: President Ortega has held several splashy ceremonies promoting his Hambre Cero (Zero Hunger) program, which aims to end hunger in Nicaragua within five years by offering standardized packages of livestock and other goods to families living in extreme poverty. The program has com [...] | 2007-07-24 21:44:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PGOV NU |
07MANAGUA1789 | LAND DISPUTES THREATEN TOURISM SECTOR INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: A U.S. investor reports that local FSLN members, with backing from senior FSLN official Lenin Cerna, have orchestrated a land invasion and smear campaign to derail a USD 88 million tourism development along the southwest coast of Nicaragua. In retaliation for going public with a [...] | 2007-07-26 15:16:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
07MANAGUA1846 | NICARAGUA: AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS MONTHLY UPDATE: JULY 2007 [...] (U) Summary: In July of the 2006-2007 waiver year, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) did not resolve any Embassy-registered property claims. Since January 1995, 2,514 Embassy-registered property claims belonging to 655 American citizens (Amcits) have been resolved. There remain 679 registered [...] | 2007-08-06 14:04:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
07MANAGUA1847 | NICARAGUA: NEW TRADE MINISTER TAKES PRAGMATIC APPROACH TO [...] (SBU) New Minister of Trade, Industry, and Development (MIFIC) Orlando SOLORZANO Delgadillo says he will focus on areas of common interest between Nicaragua and the United States, including trade and economic integration. He mentioned several specific areas of concern regarding CAFTA-DR, inclu [...] | 2007-08-06 16:18:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL NU |
07MANAGUA1865 | PROPOSED U.S. TOBACCO TAX WOULD JEOPARDIZE JOBS [...] (SBU) In an August 2 meeting with he Ambassador, representatives of the Nicaraguan cigar industry voiced concern that a proposal to increase cigar taxes in the United States will snuff out growth in their sector. They warned that the tax would jeopardize the jobs of 15,000 direct employees and [...] | 2007-08-08 16:17:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL NU |
07MANAGUA1922 | NICARAGUA: FINANCIAL SECTOR UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: Despite President Ortega's increasingly anti-capitalist rhetoric, the GON has not significantly changed economic policy vis a vis the previous administration. As a result, the financial sector has remained stable. The exchange rate continues on its 5% crawling peg and foreign res [...] | 2007-08-15 20:47:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV NU |
07MANAGUA1933 | Implementation of Nicaragua's 2007 Budget [...] (SBU) Summary: President Ortega's 2007 $1.5 billion national budget, approved by the National Assembly in March, does not differ markedly from the October 2006 version presented by the Bolanos administration. The Sandinista budget did shift additional resources toward health, education and agr [...] | 2007-08-17 17:00:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV NU |
07MANAGUA194 | NICARAGUA: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) Summary. In a January 22 introductory meeting with the Ambassador, newly minted Minister of Finance and Public Credit Alberto Jose Guevara Obregon sressed that the clear intention of the Ortega administration is to maintain macroeconomic stability. Guevara reported that he is talking to [...] | 2007-01-24 18:58:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EINV NU |
07MANAGUA1944 | ORTEGA RAMPS-UP CITIZEN COUNCILS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Legal reforms pushed through the National Assembly early in the year have enabled President Daniel Ortega to put in play his "direct democracy" gambit through Citizen Councils (CPC). Under the control of the First Lady, Rosario Murillo, Ortega plans to have nearly 17,000 CPCs ( [...] | 2007-08-20 17:09:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM NU |
07MANAGUA1947 | QUESTION: "SHOULD YOU BUY REAL ESTATE AND RETIRE IN [...] (U) Summary and Introduction: For two years, Grace Brunton occupied a one-of-a-kind job at Embassy/Managua, that of Economic Officer-in-charge of helping American citizens obtain settlements from the Nicaraguan government for property expropriated during Sandinista rule in the 1980s. Despite t [...] | 2007-08-20 20:56:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
07MANAGUA1963 | FEAR AND LOATHING ON NICARAGUA'S ATLANTIC COAST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Our contacts on Nicaragua's Atlantic Coast ("costenos") support the Ambassador's non-combative engagement strategy with President Ortega's administration. With many households almost wholly dependent on remittances from family members working in the U.S., costenos are fearful of [...] | 2007-08-22 13:12:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM NU |
07MANAGUA1980 | NICARAGUA: IMPORT SAFETY DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) On August 20, Econoff delivered reftel talking points to Julio Cesar Bendana, Director for Competition and Regulatory Efficiency at the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Development. Bendana expressed interest in establishing a dialogue on product safety (imported and domestic goods). He [...] | 2007-08-24 22:42:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL NU |
07MANAGUA1987 | IRANIAN ASSITANCE TO NICARAGUA [...] (SBU) Summary: From July 31 to August 5, an Iranian technical delegation headed by Iranian Deputy Minister of Energy Hamid Chitchian visited Nicaragua to follow-up on assistance promises made by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The two government will meet again in November in the first meeting [...] | 2007-08-27 21:10:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL ECON PGOV CVIS NU IR |
07MANAGUA2000 | NICARAGUAN ECONOMY COASTING - BUT STRAINS ARE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador's Second Economic Roundtable reviewed the performance of different economic sectors and painted a picture of an economy coasting on the achievements of the Bolanos administration, early signs of a slowdown, and increasing strains between the GON and businesses. The [...] | 2007-08-30 14:11:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV ETRD EPET EINV NU |
07MANAGUA2003 | BRAZIL AND NICARAGUA: I SAY ETHANOL, YOU SAY HYDRO [...] (SBU) Summary: President Luiz Ignacio "Lula" da Silva's August 7-8 visit to Nicaragua was the first by a Brazilian head of state in over 100 years. While Lula's focus for the visit was ethanol and business opportunities that take advantage of CAFTA, Ortega tried to interest the Brazilians in p [...] | 2007-08-30 16:04:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ECON PGOV NU IR |
07MANAGUA2006 | NICARAGUANS SEEK NEW GROUND RULES FOR PROPERTY CLAIMS [...] (SBU) Summary. In an August 23 meeting with Econoff, Attorney General Estrada said that in processing property claims, his government will now distinguish between those who were U.S. citizens at the time of expropriation and those who were not. In the meeting, Nicaraguan officials alleged tha [...] | 2007-08-30 16:49:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
07MANAGUA2031 | NICARAGUA: AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS MONTHLY UPDATE: AUGUST 2007 [...] Summary: In August 2007, the first month of the 2007-2008 waiver year, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) reported the resolution of one Embassy-registered property claim. Since January 1995, 2,515 Embassy-registered property claims belonging to 656 American citizens (Amcits) have been resolve [...] | 2007-09-05 22:08:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
07MANAGUA2086 | NICARAGUA UNLIKELY TO SUPPORT U.S. POSITION ON IPR ISSUES [...] Summary: Econoff delivered Ref. A talking points to Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Development (MIFIC) officials on September 6 to inform them of the World Health Organization (WHO) Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) process on public health and IPR issues and to seek their support for p [...] | 2007-09-11 23:00:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD ECON NU |
07MANAGUA2152 | Nicaraguan Port Authority signs grant with USTDA [...] (U) Summary: On August 23, the National Port Authority (EPN) signed a $510,000 grant agreement with the United States Trade Development Agency (USTDA) for technical assistance in drafting a National Ports Law. The new law will allow, for the first time, public-private investment in the country [...] | 2007-09-20 16:06:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EWWT PREL ECON PGOV NU |
07MANAGUA2169 | CHECKBOOK DIPLOMACY? TAIWANESE PRESIDENT VISITS [...] (C) Summary: On Aug 26-28, President Chen Shui-ban of Taiwan visited Nicaragua as part of an effort to retain Nicaragua's diplomatic recognition of his country. For the Nicaraguans, the visit was an opportunity to secure more assistance and foreign investment. Throughout the visit, Chen repe [...] | 2007-09-21 19:42:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ECON PGOV ETRD EINV ENRG TW NU |
07MANAGUA2185 | SILENCING CRITICS: ATTACKING THE OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (S) The anti-democratic forces of the Ortega government combined with the corrupt powerbroker Arnoldo Aleman are mounting a politically motivated attack against the leader of the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) Eduardo Montealegre. The Comptroller General's office has accused Montealegre of [...] | 2007-09-24 22:20:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | PGOV ECON EFIN RELAM KDEM KCOR NU |
07MANAGUA2189 | Nicaragua supports Strauss-Kahn for IMF Director [...] (U) On September 20, the Nicaraguan Central Bank informed post of the GON's support for Dominique Strauss-Kahn as candidate as Director General of the International Monetary Fund (IMF),by sending us a press release. 2. (U) Below please find the full text of the Nicaraguan Central Bank mess [...] | 2007-09-25 16:16:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL NU |
07MANAGUA2203 | SWEDEN ENDS COOPERATION WITH NICARAGUA [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 27, the Embassy of Sweden announced that the country will end its foreign assistance program in Nicaragua as part of a global strategy that aims to focus its international aid to countries in Africa and Eastern Europe. Members of the Nicaraguan National Assembly and in [...] | 2007-09-25 23:03:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EWWT PREL ECON PGOV NU |
07MANAGUA2207 | CITIZEN COUNCILS - FULL STEAM AHEAD? [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 20 meeting, Citizens' Power Councils (CPCs) Managua coordinator Eliaz Chevez asserted the National Assembly's (NA) vote to remove authorization for the executive to create such entities from Law 290 is "not substantial" and that the CPCs will "continue to move for [...] | 2007-09-26 18:55:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM NU |
07MANAGUA2212 | NICARAGUA: TEXTILE/APPAREL UPDATE [...] (SBU) The textile and apparel sector continues to grow in Nicaragua as firms take advantage of CAFTA-DR market access, relatively low wages, and geographic proximity to the United States. The sector added 6,000 new jobs in 2006, and exports to the United States grew from $525 million to $697 [...] | 2007-09-26 23:18:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KTEX PREL NU |
07MANAGUA2223 | SUBJECT: NICARAGUA: AN ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE ON [...] (C) Summary: Eight months into Daniel Ortega's term as president, his socialist rhetoric continues to worry potential and current investors in Nicaragua. Beginning on the day of his inauguration, Ortega launched into anti-capitalist, anti-neoliberal, and increasingly anti-American rhetoric, i [...] | 2007-09-28 23:33:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV NU |
07MANAGUA2232 | PATRONAGE TRUMPS PROFESSIONALISM AT NICARAGUAN TOURISM [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the Nicaraguan tourism industry complain that the Nicaraguan Tourism Institute (INTUR) has been decimated by an overhaul in personnel since President Ortega took office in January. They report INTUR is "paralyzed," offering no strategic vision for the sector. [...] | 2007-10-02 17:07:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV NU |
07MANAGUA2255 | NICARAGUAN GOVERNMENT IGNORING BUDGET SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: At an October 2 meeting donors providing direct budget support to Nicaragua expressed frustration over repeated brush-offs from the government since the Budget Support Group's (BSG) annual performance review in July. BSG members believe the government is assuming that donors will [...] | 2007-10-04 18:20:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID ECON PREL PGOV NU |
07MANAGUA2286 | NICARAGUA: AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS MONTHLY UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 2007 [...] Summary: In September of the 2007-2008 waiver year, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) did not report the resolution of any Embassy-registered property claim. Nonetheless, one claimant informed the Embassy that she recovered her property. Since January 1995, 2,516 Embassy-registered property c [...] | 2007-10-09 14:05:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
07MANAGUA2324 | ATTORNEY GENERAL TAKES LEAD ON PROPERTY CLAIMS [...] (SBU) Government of Nicaragua (GON) officials told Econoffs in a September 27 monthly meeting on property issues that new administrative procedures for resolving property disputes formally incorporate Attorney General Estrada in the process. They assert these revised procedures will streamline [...] | 2007-10-15 16:44:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
07MANAGUA2351 | Persuading Nicaragua to Create an FIU [...] (U) Summary: Speeches delivered by the Ambassador, Nicaraguan Superintendent of Banks Victor Urcuyo, and Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) President Willie Zapata at the opening ceremony of an Embassy-hosted financial investigation training seminar sparked renewed public debate and [...] | 2007-10-17 22:58:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PTER PGOV SNAR ECON NU |
07MANAGUA2367 | NICARAGUA: BIOFUELS PANEL AT CCAA CONFERENCE [...] (U) Nicaragua joined the ethanol market in 2007, when Nicaraguan Sugar Estates (NSE) started sending shipments of sugar cane ethanol to Europe. NSE hopes to double that volume in 2008 when expanded facilities come on line. Other sugar producers have moved to take advantage of world demand fo [...] | 2007-10-22 18:49:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EAGR EINV ECON NU |
07MANAGUA2368 | BUSINESS SECTOR PRIVATELY EXPRESSES DISPLEASURE [...] (C) Summary: On September 19, the Ambassador hosted his third Economic Roundtable with representatives of the private sector. While economic indicators are generally positive, some participants questioned whether economic growth can be sustained given power shortages and a deteriorating inve [...] | 2007-10-22 19:01:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EPET EINV PREL PGOV ETRD NU |
07MANAGUA2375 | NICARAGUAN GOVERNMENT LOOKS TO MARKET TO SUPPLY RED BEANS [...] (U) The retail price of red beans, a staple in Nicaragua along with rice and corn, has tripled this year, increasing to $0.97/pound in some local markets from $0.32/pound in January. Adverse weather conditions have damaged two successive crops and are playing havoc with the market. Pre-existi [...] | 2007-10-23 20:00:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD ECON NU |
07MANAGUA2376 | NICARAGUA: PROPERTY DISPUTE EXPOSES FSLN INFIGHTING [...] (SBU) Summary: A dispute over valuable coastal property at Amarillo Beach may be shedding light on political intrigue and infighting among senior FSLN officials. An internal rift appears to have contributed to the September 20th dismissal of Property Superintendent Mireya Molina. While Attorn [...] | 2007-10-23 20:01:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
07MANAGUA2393 | Nicaragua: Government Back in the Microfinance Business? [...] (SBU) Summary: The National Assembly has approved two bills creating a National Development Bank (NDB). A state-owned institution, the NDB will operate as a first story financial institution providing small loans to both urban and rural Nicaraguan producers. The GON will provide USD 8 million [...] | 2007-10-29 21:08:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID ECON PGOV NU |
07MANAGUA2402 | REGIONAL PARTNERS SHARE CONCERNS ABOUT DIRECTION [...] (C) Ambassadors from Spain, Japan, Chile, Colombia, Brazil, and Mexico share similar concerns about the direction of Nicaragua under the Ortega Government. They are frustrated by the GON's lack of professionalism, transparency and accountability, and have a low level of confidence in the gove [...] | 2007-10-30 21:57:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID BR CI CO ECON JA MX NU PREL XM |
07MANAGUA2422 | NICARAGUA: AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS MONTHLY UPDATE: OCTOBER 2007 [...] Summary: In October of the 2007-2008 waiver year, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) did not report the resolution of any Embassy-registered property claim. Since January 1995, 2,516 Embassy-registered property claims belonging to 657 American citizens (Amcits) have been resolved. There remain 677 r [...] | 2007-11-05 15:08:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
07MANAGUA2428 | NICARAGUA: INPUT FOR THE SEVENTH CBERA REPORT [...] As requested in reftel, the following is post's input for the Seventh Report on Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA). Statistical Information ----------------------- 2. Population (2006, estimate): 5,457,000 (Nicaraguan National Statistics and Census Office) Real GDP per Capi [...] | 2007-11-05 21:15:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV ECON ELAB PGOV NU |
07MANAGUA2442 | NICARAGUA: PROPERTY SUPERINTENDENT UNPREPARED TO DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Property Superintendent Yara Perez and other Government of Nicaragua (GON) officials were unprepared to discuss U.S. citizen claims during the October 25 monthly Working Group meeting on property issues. GON officials insist that they will prioritize cases of natural-born U.S. citizens o [...] | 2007-11-07 16:51:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
07MANAGUA2443 | NICARAGUA LOOKING FOR BALANCE ON WTO ISSUES [...] (SBU) On November 6, Econoff delivered Ref A demarche, on the risk to World Trade Organization (WTO) Doha negotiations presented by ongoing Argentinean and Brazilian efforts to avoid cutting tariffs on industrial goods, to Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Development (MIFIC) Director General fo [...] | 2007-11-07 19:38:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL WTO NU |
07MANAGUA2455 | NICARAGUA: FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE ON IRAN [...] (U) Econoff delivered Ref A demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Relations (MFA),the Superintendent of Banks and Other Financial Institutions (SIBIOF),and the Nicaraguan Central Bank (BCN). At each meeting Econoff left FATF and U.S. Treasury advisory notices concerning Iran, as well as the n [...] | 2007-11-09 15:17:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MNUC ECON NU |
07MANAGUA2456 | NICARAGUA: COMMENTS ON PROPOSED THIRD OPIC FINANCING FOR [...] (U) Summary: Ref A seeks post's comments on housing in Nicaragua, Bancentro, and Bancentro owner Roberto Zamora in regard to a proposed OPIC direct loan of $7 million to Bancentro to finance housing mortgages for Nicaraguans affected by Hurricane Felix. Many Nicaraguans, especially among the 5 [...] | 2007-11-09 15:54:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON NU |
07MANAGUA2457 | NICARAGUA MUTE ON WHO IPR ISSUES [...] (SBU) On October 30, Econoff delivered Ref A demarche, on Brazilian efforts to weaken intellectual property protections for pharmaceuticals through World Health Organization fora, to Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Development (MIFIC) Director General for International Trade Sonia Somarriba. S [...] | 2007-11-09 16:16:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON PREL WTO NU |
07MANAGUA2466 | THE CITIZEN COUNCILS' GROWING SHADOW [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Ortega's Citizen Power Councils (CPC) continue to penetrate Nicaraguan society, increasing fear among civil society leaders. Over the past month, cases have been reported in which the CPCs have incited civil unrest, demanded CPC membership in exchange for emergency aid [...] | 2007-11-13 18:12:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM NU |
07MANAGUA2479 | GON SLOWLY REACHING OUT TO BUDGET SUPPORT DONORS [...] (C) Summary: The Budget Support Group (BSG),a group of donor countries providing direct budget support (i.e. cash transfers for development purposes) to Nicaragua, told the Ministry of Finance (MHCP) on October 4 that it could not confirm funds to support the 2008 National Budget without bett [...] | 2007-11-19 17:29:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID ECON PREL PGOV NU |
07MANAGUA2486 | CITIZEN COUNCILS DEALT BLOW BY NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 20, the Nicaraguan National Assembly voted to override with 52 votes Sandinista President Daniel Ortega's veto of legislation to prohibit the transfer of a real measure of Executive authority to the Citizen Power Councils (CPCs). Deputies representing the Nicaraguan [...] | 2007-11-21 21:45:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ECON KDEM NU PGOV |
07MANAGUA2488 | NICARAGUA: DELIVERY OF MCC INDICATOR SCORECARDS [...] (U) On November 1, post delivered Nicaragua's MCC Indicator Scorecard to President Ortega. While congratulating President Ortega on Nicaragua's continued eligibility for the MCC program, the Ambassador's letter highlighted slippage in the Control of Corruption, Rule of Law, Government Effectiv [...] | 2007-11-23 16:08:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON MCC NU |
07MANAGUA2490 | NICARAGUA: POST REQUESTS VISA ELIGIBILITY BE RESTORED FOR [...] (U) This is an action request - please see paragraph five. 2. (SBU) Summary: Marisol Maria Castillo Bellido has requested that her nonimmigrant visa eligibility be restored as soon as possible to visit her mother who will shortly undergo brain surgery in Miami. Post has information that she [...] | 2007-11-23 18:49:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
07MANAGUA2494 | NICARAGUA: 2007-2008 ACTION PLAN TO RESOLVE U.S. CITIZEN [...] (SBU) During the current waiver year, the GON has logged the poorest performance of any Nicaraguan administration since the U.S. Congress passed the FY1994-95 Foreign Relations Authorization Act, with its provisions on expropriation cases contained in Section 527. Post has developed an action [...] | 2007-11-23 20:31:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
07MANAGUA2497 | NICARAGUA: INPUT FOR THE 2008 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE [...] The U.S. goods trade deficit with Nicaragua was $771 million in 2006, an increase of $215 million from $555 million in 2005. U.S. goods exports in 2006 totaled $755 million, up 20.7 percent from the previous year. In 2006, U.S. imports from Nicaragua were $1.5 billion, a 29.2 percent increas [...] | 2007-11-26 22:13:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV ECON NU |
07MANAGUA2516 | ORTEGA'S CITIZENS' COUNCILS - PANDORA'S BOX? [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 21, a Pandora's Box was opened when the Nicaraguan National Assembly (NA) voted to override President Ortega's veto of a controversial legislative change that would prevent him from creating his Citizen Power Councils (CPC) as an extension of the Executive branch. Si [...] | 2007-11-30 13:24:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM NU |
07MANAGUA2524 | NICARAGUA: 2007 INFLATION RATE MAY REACH 16.5% [...] (U) Summary: In the last four months, the GON has thrice revised its 2007 inflation estimate from the 7% target established in the recently approved Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) with the International Monetary Fund. The Nicaraguan Central Bank's (BCN) latest estimate is 16.5%, [...] | 2007-12-01 00:37:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EAGR PGOV NU |
07MANAGUA2549 | NICARAGUA: AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS MONTHLY UPDATE: NOVEMBER 2007 [...] In November of the 2007-2008 waiver year, an American citizen claimant informed us that the GON had resolved two claims in 1999 that were still registered as active cases in the Embassy's Property Office database. 2. Since January 1995, the GON has resolved 2,518 Embassy-registered property [...] | 2007-12-10 22:40:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
07MANAGUA2551 | NICARAGUA: SALINAS REAPPOINTED AS PRESIDENT OF INTUR [...] (SBU) Summary: President Ortega reappointed Mario Salinas as President of the Nicaraguan Tourism Institute (INTUR) on November 23. Since Salinas' departure from INTUR in June, the institute had been paralyzed, offering no strategic vision or support to the sector. Tourism experts and busines [...] | 2007-12-11 15:20:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON NU |
07MANAGUA2564 | Nicaragua Retires USD 1.4 Billion in Foreign Commercial [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 5, the GON announced the successful completion of its foreign commercial debt buy-back operation, allowing it to retire USD 1.4 billion in foreign debt claims. Nicaragua will pay 4.5 cents on the dollar to over 111 commercial creditors, including all of the vulture fu [...] | 2007-12-12 17:05:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV NU |
07MANAGUA2581 | NICARAGUA: PROPERTY SUPERINTENDENT REJECTS CLAIMS FOR A [...] (SBU) Summary: During the November 29 monthly Working Group meeting on property issues, Government of Nicaragua (GON) officials gave Econoffs a list of 8 American citizen claims allegedly resolved and 18 claims rejected for "lack of evidence." Property Superintendent Yara Perez repeated assert [...] | 2007-12-13 20:42:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
07MANAGUA2609 | NICARAGUA: NEW PENAL CODE UPDATES ANTI TERRORISM AND MONEY [...] (U) Summary: In November, Nicaragua's National Assembly passed a new Penal Code that includes new language on terrorism finance, money laundering, and crimes against the financial system. This language will allow Nicaragua's law enforcement to prosecute cases of financing of terrorist entities [...] | 2007-12-18 16:12:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PTER ECON PGOV SNAR NU |
07MANAGUA2615 | NICARAGUA: GON TO RESOLVE PROPERTY CLAIMS WITHIN TWO YEARS [...] (SBU) During a December 10 meeting with the DCM, Property Superintendent Yara Perez made clear the Government of Nicaragua's intent to resolve U.S. citizen property claims and other claims via its own timeline and criteria. Perez repeated her allegations that some U.S. citizen claimants lacked [...] | 2007-12-18 22:01:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
07MANAGUA2621 | Educating Nicaraguans on FIU Operations [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 29, Embassy Managua held three separate seminars to educate members of the media, GON, and the private sector about the role and operation of a Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) to dispel fears that the FIU would become another law enforcement tool which the GON could [...] | 2007-12-20 21:29:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PTER ECON PGOV SNAR NU |
07MANAGUA2654 | NICARAGUAN OFFICIALS AND INDUSTRY DRAFT IPR ENFORCEMENT [...] (SBU) Embassy Managua hosted an intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement workshop, led by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (DOJ/OPDAT),to facilitate the drafting of a best practices IPR enforcement manual by Government [...] | 2007-12-31 17:07:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON USTR NU |
07MANAGUA268 | ORTEGA VICTORY CATALYST FOR CHAVEZ IN RAAN [...] (C) Summary: President Ortega, with backing from his Venezuelan counterpart Chavez, is consolidating power on Nicaragua's resource-rich Atlantic Coast. Miskito leaders believe Ortega and Chavez are conspiring to control the region's base of timber, minerals, and possibly oil, and that Chavez's comm [...] | 2007-01-30 18:09:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDEM PGOV ECON NU VE |
07MANAGUA318 | NICARAGUA: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW CENTRAL BANK [...] (SBU) Summary. In a courtesy call on January 29, new Central Bank President Antenor Rosales Bolanos told the Ambassador that the government intended to pursue prudent macroeconomic policy as a way of sending the right signals to investors. The government's objective is to find ways to channe [...] | 2007-02-02 20:02:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV NU |
07MANAGUA327 | NICARAGUA: WEAK INFRASTRUCTURE HAMPERS TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary. A 2006 World Bank study characterized Nicaragua's infrastructure as the least developed in Central America. Nicaragua,s poor national road network compounds the challenge of bringing products to market and presents "the greatest obstacles to export led economic growth." At ti [...] | 2007-02-05 19:19:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN EWWT EAIR ECON EIND EINV NU |
07MANAGUA341 | NICARAGUA: TOURISM SECTOR [...] (U) Summary: Statistics from the National Ports Company (EPN) and the Institute of Tourism (INTUR) paint an attractive picture of the tourism industry in Nicaragua. Tourists spent 30% more in 2006 than they did in 2005, and new investment in the sector totaled $60 million. The election of Sa [...] | 2007-02-06 19:03:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON ETRD USTR KIDE NU |
07MANAGUA396 | NICARAGUA: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador called on the new Minister for Agriculture and Forestry Ariel Bucardo Rocha to introduce himself and discuss bilateral cooperation and growing bilateral trade. Existing bilateral cooperation centers upon U.S. Department of Agriculture animal and plant health pro [...] | 2007-02-12 19:46:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ETRD ECON SENV PINR NU |
07MANAGUA401 | MANAGUA MAYOR EYES AMBASSADORIAL POSTING IN ROME, [...] (C) Summary: Managua Mayor Dionisio Marenco confirmed to the Ambassador that he may become Nicaragua's Ambassador to Italy, although the timeline is unclear. The Sandinista (FSLN) mayor, who is interested in establishing sister city relationships with U.S. cities, will also consider the Wisc [...] | 2007-02-13 19:04:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM NU PREL ECON EPET EINV IR |
07MANAGUA426 | NICARAGUA: BACKGROUND ON AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS [...] (U) Summary: Current Nicaraguan property law affords U.S. claimants three administrative avenues to resolve their cases; claimants may also file in court. Since 1990, more than 1,130 U.S. citizens registered 3,193 claims with the Embassy in Managua. As of February 14, 2007, 298 U.S. citizens with 6 [...] | 2007-02-15 17:29:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
07MANAGUA436 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL NELSON [...] (U) SUMMARY: Post welcomes members of CODEL Nelson to Nicaragua February 18 to 20. With the return of Daniel Ortega to the presidency and changes in the National Assembly, your visit comes at a most propitious time. The United States remains committed to supporting Nicaragua's democratic an [...] | 2007-02-15 23:57:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL PTER SMIG SNAR NU |
07MANAGUA444 | BOLANOS TO SECRETARY LEAVITT - DEMOCRACY IS NOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 10, the U.S. Presidential Delegation (Presdel),led by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Michael Leavitt, discussed with outgoing President SIPDIS Enrique Bolanos his plans for a virtual presidential library, his future role in the National Assembly and his [...] | 2007-02-20 13:12:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL |
07MANAGUA452 | NICARAGUA: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON TOURISM INSTITUTE [...] (U) Summary. The Ambassador called on new Tourism Institute (INTUR) Executive Director Mario Salinas Pasos to introduce himself, outline USAID activities in the tourism sector, and discuss Salinas' plans. Salinas told the Ambassador that INTUR is in the midst of defining tourist markets for [...] | 2007-02-20 21:30:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND EINV EAID ECON PINR NU |
07MANAGUA453 | NICARAGUA: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador called on the new Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Pablo Fernando Martinez Espinoza on February 7 to introduce himself and discuss transportation and infrastructure issues in Nicaragua. The Ambassador explained that the Millennium Challenge Corpora [...] | 2007-02-20 21:54:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN EWWT EAIR EIND EPET ECON ETRD PINR NU |
07MANAGUA471 | NICARAGUA: POLL GIVES ORTEGA FAVORABLE RATINGS, [...] (SBU) Summary: A CID-Gallup poll released on February 21 shows President Daniel Ortega enjoying a honeymoon, with high favorability ratings and optimism toward his presidency -- not only from his traditional base of support, but also among the general public. The poll also concludes that hal [...] | 2007-02-22 19:50:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM ECON AID NU |
07MANAGUA494 | NICARAGUA: AMERICA'S COMPETITIVENESS FORUM [...] (U) At the earliest opportunity after the inauguration of the new president and the seating of a new cabinet, the Ambassador met the new Minister of Trade, Industry and Development Horacio Brenes Icabalceta about attending the Americas Competitiveness Forum in Atlanta on June 11-13 (refs A and [...] | 2007-02-26 12:50:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ELAB SOCI OAS KSUM NU |
07MANAGUA495 | NICARAGUA: CAFTA Update [...] (U) Summary: Nicaraguan exports to the United States during the first year of CAFTA performed extremely well. Total exports to the United States increased 29.2%, growing from $1.18 billion in 2005 to $1.53 billion in 2006. The Nicaraguan government separates free trade zone exports and gener [...] | 2007-02-26 12:53:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR EINV ECIN ECON BEXP NU |
07MANAGUA496 | NICARAGUA: CAFTA Update [...] (U) Summary: Nicaraguan exports to the United States during the first year of CAFTA performed extremely well. Total exports to the United States increased 29.2%, growing from $1.18 billion in 2005 to $1.53 billion in 2006. The Nicaraguan government separates free trade zone exports and gener [...] | 2007-02-26 12:53:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR EINV ECIN ECON BEXP NU |
07MANAGUA522 | NICARAGUA: CAFTA UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: Nicaraguan exports to the United States during the first year of CAFTA performed extremely well. Total exports to the United States increased 29.2%, growing from $1.18 billion in 2005 to $1.53 billion in 2006. The Nicaraguan government separates free trade zone exports and gener [...] | 2007-02-27 00:50:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR EINV ECIN ECON BEXP NU |
07MANAGUA544 | NEW CRIMINAL CODE IN THE BALANCE [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: In January 2007, the new leader of the National Assembly's Justice Commission requested USG help to garner approval of a draft Criminal Code, created with USAID support, which had languished since 2001. The Embassy strongly supports passage as it is critical to Nicaragua's inv [...] | 2007-02-28 22:17:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PREL ECON SOCI PINS SNAR NU |
07MANAGUA591 | AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS PROGRESS: FEBRUARY 2007 [...] Summary: In February of the 2006-2007 waiver year, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) did not resolve any Embassy-registered property claims. Since January 1995, Embassy-registered property claims of 654 American citizens (Amcits) have been resolved. There remain 682 registered property claims belon [...] | 2007-03-06 22:19:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
07MANAGUA626 | NICARAGUA: NEW PROPERTY SUPERINTENDENT PAYS COURTESY CALL [...] (SBU) Summary: Mireya Molina Torres was officially instated as the new Property Superintendent on January 25, 2007, replacing Alfonso Sandino. In an unexpected courtesy, Molina paid an introductory call to the Embassy's Property Office days before. Molina stressed to Emboffs that her goal is t [...] | 2007-03-08 21:44:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
07MANAGUA635 | Civil society holding Ortega's feet to the fire on [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: Using international anti-corruption conventions, Nicaraguan civil society has organized to make sure the Government of Nicaragua complies with international commitments. Nicaraguan civil society has presented its own assessment of compliance, developed its own performance monitoring [...] | 2007-03-09 22:46:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PREL ECON SOCI PINS SNAR NU |
07MANAGUA700 | NICARAGUA: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON MINISTER OF LABOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a March 14 meeting with the Ambassador, Nicaraguan Minister of Labor Jeanette Chavez Gomez admitted that the Ministry faces some complex problems. While in favor of increasing the minimum wage, she emphasized the need for a cautious, balanced approach to adjusting the mini [...] | 2007-03-16 17:21:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ELAB KDEM PGOV PINR NU |
07MANAGUA784 | CENTAM CHIEFS OF MISSION BEWILDERED BY ORTEGA'S [...] (C) Summary: Central American COMs in Nicaragua agree that the Ortega administration is pursuing a "double discourse" in foreign and economic policy, which makes predicting a future trajectory difficult. They have also been perturbed by protocol irregularities, including a delay in the accred [...] | 2007-03-23 20:51:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ECON KDEM NU XK |
07MANAGUA815 | EEB A/S MEETS WITH MEMBERS OF ORTEGA'S CABINET [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 27, A/S Sullivan met several members of Ortega's economic cabinet. Central Bank President Rosales requested USG assistance in getting better terms from the IMF during upcoming negotiations on a Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF). MFA Vice Minister Coronel [...] | 2007-03-29 21:12:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL ETRD EAGR PGOV NU |
07MANAGUA820 | EEB A/S SULLIVAN MEETS WITH OPPOSITION LEADER AND [...] (C) Summary: During his February 27 visit, A/S Sullivan received messages of concern from Nicaragua's main opposition leader and members of Nicaragua's American Chamber of Commerce. Both expressed concern over Ortega's recent moves to divide and conquer the business community. They also call [...] | 2007-03-29 22:53:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV EINV ETRD NU |
07MANAGUA826 | AMBASSADORS PRIVATELY WARN ORTEGA INTERMEDIARIES [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassadors of Spain, Germany, and the United States recently warned Ortega administration officials during a private meeting that President Ortega's contradictory statements and actions regarding foreign affairs, press freedom, and investment could damage the economy and bila [...] | 2007-03-30 17:20:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ECON EINV NU GM SP |
07MANAGUA839 | EEB A/S SULLIVAN MEETS WITH PRESIDENT ORTEGA [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 27, A/S Sullivan met with President Ortega and members of his cabinet at FSLN headquarters. The entire ninety minute meeting was covered on live television. A/S Sullivan delivered a positive message centered on the U.S. strategy of Total Economic Engagement (TEE * [...] | 2007-04-02 14:39:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL PRGOV ETRD NU |
07MANAGUA862 | AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS PROGRESS: MARCH 2007 [...] (U) Summary: In March of the 2006-2007 waiver year, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) did not resolve any Embassy-registered property claims -- indeed no claims have been resolved since Daniel Ortega's January 10 inauguration. Since January 1995, 2,509 Embassy-registered property claims belonging t [...] | 2007-04-03 19:59:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
07MANAGUA871 | NGO GIVES ORTEGA A FAILING GRADE ON HIS FIRST 60 DAYS [...] (U) Summary: After a legal, economic and political analysis of the Ortega administration's first sixty days, Movimiento por Nicaragua (MpN),an influential civil society organization, gave the government a failing grade. Analysts attacked the government's numerous decrees and legislative initi [...] | 2007-04-03 21:56:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON KDEM SOCI NU |
07MANAGUA873 | AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS PROGRESS: MARCH 2007 [...] (U) Summary: In March of the 2006-2007 waiver year, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) did not resolve any Embassy-registered property claims -- indeed no claims have been resolved since Daniel OrtegaQs January 10 inauguration. Since January 1995, 2,509 Embassy- registered property claims bel [...] | 2007-04-03 22:55:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
07MANAGUA889 | NICARAGUA: MARINA PUESTA DEL SOL, S.A. INVESTMENT PROPERTY [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 24 2007, a band of armed men forcibly assumed control of a strip of land owned by Marina Puesta del Sol, S.A. in the department of Chinandega. Ostensibly, the man behind the invasion is Mr. Jerez Lacayo, who has asserted ownership by virtue of a debt incurred by the s [...] | 2007-04-09 20:28:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON EWWT USTR KIDE NU |
07MANAGUA983 | NICARAGUA: MISSTEPS BY NEW AVIATION ADMINISTRATION [...] (SBU) Summary. In a March 28 meeting with Econoffs and the TSA representative for Central America Victor Guardia, country managers and security directors from American, Continental, TACA, and Delta airlines hesitated to criticize new administrators at Empresa Administradora de Aeropuertos Int [...] | 2007-04-19 15:45:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER EIND ECON NU |
07MANAMA1011 | FINANCE MINISTER REVIEWS OPTIONS FOR SANCTIONING FUTURE BANK REF: A. U/S LEVEY - AMB. ERELI OCTOBER 31 E-MAIL B. STATE 148605 Classified By: Ambassador Adam Ereli, reasons 1.4(b) and (d). [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-06 11:19:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC KNNP EFIN ECON IR BA |
07MANAMA1016 | BAHRAINI NEXT STEPS ON FUTURE BANK [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-08 10:18:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC KNNP EFIN ECON IR BA |
07MANAMA1029 | BAHRAIN'S CENTRAL BANK TAKES ACTION AGAINST FUTURE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-14 15:26:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC KNNP EFIN ECON IR BA |
07MANAMA1070 | OIL MINISTER COMMENTS ON IRAN NATURAL GAS MOU [...] (C) Summary. Oil Minister Mirza told the Ambassador November 26 that although Bahrain had signed an MOU with Iran to ensure that negotiations remained on track, Bahrain continued to hope that a Qatari or Saudi alternative would emerge. However, Bahrain needed to continue moving forward to en [...] | 2007-11-28 14:38:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON ECTRD IR BA |
07MANAMA1089 | CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR UNDERSCORES COMMITMENT TO DOLLAR REMAINS FIRM --------------------------------- [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-09 14:38:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EFIN ECON IR BA |
07MANAMA1103 | DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT, COMMERCE MINISTER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-13 13:49:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EFIN ECON BA |
07MANAMA121 | CROWN PRINCE AND DEPUTY SECRETARY OF COMMERCE [...] (C) Crown Prince Shaikh Salman told Deputy Secretary of Commerce Sampson February 4 that Bahrain has been and will continue to be a close friend of the United States, and he expressed his pleasure that the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (FTA) was being implemented. He said he would accomp [...] | 2007-02-08 14:45:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD ELAB BA ECTRD |
07MANAMA151 | BAHRAIN: SPRING 2007 FSN ECONOMIC TRAINING [...] Embassy Manama wishes to nominate Mr. Mohammed Al Khawaja to attend PE 220: FSN Economic Training from April 30 - May 11, 2007. A) Name: Mohammed Al Khawaja, FSN 9/2 B) Date of Birth: September 2, 1981 C) Nationality: Saudi D) Passport Number: 300101 E) Agency: State F) Po [...] | 2007-02-15 14:18:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | AFSI ECON AMGT AFSN ETRD BA |
07MANAMA152 | AMBASSADOR AND PM HAIL RECORD TRADE LEVEL IN 2006 [...] (U) The Ambassador told Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa February 14 that 2006 full-year statistics for bilateral trade between the United States and Bahrain had just been posted, and total trade volume reached over $1.1 billion, an increase of more than 45 percent over 2005 [...] | 2007-02-15 15:03:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD BA BILAT ECTRD |
07MANAMA169 | BAHRAIN: BFIF FY07 PROPOSAL [...] Embassy Manama welcomes EB's offer to provide BFIF funding to enhance commercial advocacy efforts. In view of the August 2006 implementation of the U.S. - Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (FTA),Post emphasizes the importance of commercial training, providing commercial services to businesses se [...] | 2007-02-22 13:30:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ABUD AMGT BTIO ECON EINV ETRD BA |
07MANAMA194 | BAHRAIN: MINISTER OF LABOR ON STRIKE BAN EXECUTIVE [...] (C) In a February 28 meeting covering several topics (septel),Ambassador delivered reftel points regarding Executive Order 62, which bans strikes in certain sectors, to Minister of Labor Dr. Abdulmajeed Bin Muhsin Al Alawi. Al Alawi said that the Ministry had consulted ILO conventions befor [...] | 2007-03-01 14:46:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ELAB PHUM SOCI BA HUMRIT POL |
07MANAMA197 | DEPUTY PM, EDB CHIEF DISCUSS GROWTH AND TRADE WITH [...] (C) Deputy PM Shaikh Mohammed Bin Mubarak told Commerce Deputy Secretary Sampson February 5 that he welcomed the idea of a wider regional free trade agreement, but stressed that problems in Iraq and Iran's ideology of expansion could have a negative impact on regional economic integration. In [...] | 2007-03-01 14:46:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL BA BILAT ECTRD OFFICIALS |
07MANAMA219 | MINISTER OF LABOR DISCUSSES NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT [...] (C) Minister of Labor Dr. Abdulmajeed Al Alawi told the Ambassador February 28 that since January 2006, unemployment had dropped in Bahrain from 15% to 3.8% under the National Employment Project (NEP),leaving only approximately 4,000 unemployed remaining in the program. He said the second p [...] | 2007-03-07 14:40:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ELAB PGOV PHUM SOCI BA HUMRIT POL |
07MANAMA221 | CUSTOMS AND PORTS DIRECTORATE REITERATES REQUEST [...] This is an action message. Please see paragraph four. 2. The Embassy received a letter from President of Customs, Ports and Free Zones Shaikh Daij bin Salman Al Khalifa, in which he requested specific technical assistance training. As he mentions, his letter follows verbal discussions (ref [...] | 2007-03-07 15:01:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON BA BILAT ETRD |
07MANAMA291 | BAHRAIN: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2007 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-29 14:14:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR |
07MANAMA338 | FINANCE MINISTER SEEKS TO REVAMP, STREAMLINE GULF [...] (C) Finance Minister Shaikh Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa told Ambassador Monroe April 5 that under new Chief Executive Officer Andre Dose, Gulf Air's newly designed network plan was practically complete. The long-term focus of the carrier would emphasize narrow-body Airbus 320s or Boeing 737s [...] | 2007-04-11 14:43:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON REGION ECTRD OFFICIALS BA |
07MANAMA419 | OIL MINISTER SAYS IRANIAN GAS TALKS ANNOUNCEMENT [...] (C) Minister of Oil and Gas Affairs Dr. Abdul Hussein Ali Mirza confirmed to the Ambassador that the GOB is in talks to import gas from Iran but claimed that there was no expectation such a deal would materialize and that it is merely a tactic to increase Bahrain's leverage in gas negotiations [...] | 2007-05-07 13:20:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ETRD ECON BA REGION ECTRD |
07MANAMA475 | ANTI-DREAM BOX CAMPAIGN A NIGHTMARE FOR SATELLITE [...] (C) After a slow start, Ministry of Information officials appear set to tackle a technologically sophisticated form of satellite TV piracy locally marketed as the Dream Box, which defeats pay-TV encryption systems. Ministry of Information Director of Publication and Press Jamal Dawood has issu [...] | 2007-05-24 12:06:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KIPR BA ECTRD |
07MANAMA485 | BAHRAIN CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT [...] (SBU) Bahrain Central Bank governor Rashid Al-Maraj, in a May 30 meeting with a visiting U.S.-Bahrain Business Council delegation, strongly reaffirmed Bahrain's commitment to maintain the Bahrain dinar peg to the dollar. While acknowledging that the weakness of the dollar can have a negative [...] | 2007-05-30 09:55:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL BA ECTRD |
07MANAMA486 | BAHRAIN TO CRITICIZE LACK OF G8 SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) MFA Director for Bilateral Affairs Dr. Dhafer Al Umran, who will represent Bahrain at the Sanaa Forum for the Future preparatory meeting during the week of June 3, told Pol/Econ Chief May 30 that he plans to criticize G8 countries, with the exception of the U.S. and UK, for their lack o [...] | 2007-05-30 13:29:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KMPI PREL ECON EAID BA REGION ECTRD |
07MANAMA492 | BAHRAIN: NEW WORLD BANK PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) The Ambassador May 31 delivered reftel information concerning the nomination of Robert Zoellick to be World Bank president to Finance Minister Shaikh Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa. Shaikh Ahmed said that Bahrain knew Zoellick well from the FTA negotiations and would be fully supportive [...] | 2007-05-31 08:29:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL EFIN BA ECTRD |
07MANAMA503 | ISLAND OF PLEASURE? TOURISM CLAMPS TARGET LOW END [...] (SBU) Two Ministry of Information Tourism Directorate circulars closing low-end nightclubs and restricting the sale of alcohol in certain locations entered into force recently, impacting 85 two- and three-star hotels. Critics complain that the clubs primarily served as a front for organized [...] | 2007-06-04 07:23:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV KISL BA ECTRD POL |
07MANAMA534 | PRO-GOVERNMENT COMMENTATORS CRY FOUL OVER CNN [...] (C) A June 1 report by CNN reporter Hala Gorani on poverty in Bahrain caused an uproar among Bahraini pundits, who accuse the program of stoking sectarian tensions. Gorani said on the air that while the piece was supposed to cover poverty, "it almost immediately became obvious that this was [...] | 2007-06-11 14:39:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON KPAO BA POL |
07MANAMA559 | BAHRAIN: URGING SUPPORT FOR UNRWA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-17 13:44:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ECON KWBG BA LE REGION |
07MANAMA571 | GOB EMPLOYMENT AND WAGE INITIATIVES SHOW MIXED [...] (C) Bahrain's National Employment Project (NEP),which government officials have credited with reducing the rate of unemployment from 16 percent to 3.7 percent, will come to a close at the end of June. Of 19,625 registrants in the program, according to GOB statistics, just under 6,000 remain [...] | 2007-06-19 14:36:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ELAB PGOV PREL PHUM BA HUMRIT REFORM |
07MANAMA6 | PRIME MINISTER HIGHLIGHTS GOB ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL [...] (C) PRIME MINISTER SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN SALMAN AL KHALIFA DECEMBER 20 REVIEWED THE GOB'S 2007-2008 BUDGETARY PRIORITIES BEFORE A JOINT SESSION OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. KEY PRIORITIES HIGHLIGHTED BY THE PM INCLUDED PROGRAMS TO RAISE LIVING STANDARDS, EMPLOYMENT, AND WAGES. THE GOB AGENDA SHAR [...] | 2007-01-03 14:47:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV BA POL ECTRD |
07MANAMA666 | OIL MINISTER HIGHLIGHTS EXPLORATION PLANS, LOOMING [...] (C) Minister of Oil and Gas Affairs Mirza briefed the Ambassador July 11 on the strong interest shown by international oil companies in pursuing exploration tenders in Bahrain. Mirza hoped that offshore exploration would lead to discoveries of gas, which could ease a looming gas shortage that [...] | 2007-07-18 05:58:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV PREL BA ECTRD REGION |
07MANAMA667 | CROWN PRINCE, AMCHAM DISCUSS ECONOMIC [...] (C) In a June 11 meeting with the local AmCham board of directors, Crown Prince Shaikh Salman noted the range of commercial development taking place in Bahrain and applauded the Ambassador's assistance in implementing the FTA, which he hoped would benefit Bahraini businesses in the US. He bel [...] | 2007-07-18 09:46:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD ELAB PGOV BA BILAT ECTRD OFFICIALS |
07MANAMA669 | FUTURE OF BAHRAIN: AMBASSADOR'S PARTING THOUGHTS [...] (S) Bahrain faces numerous challenges as it attempts to deal with transitional issues of economic development and political reform. Because the country's Sunni-Shia sectarian divide so dominates the local landscape, the path forward is potentially more treacherous for Bahrain's leadership than [...] | 2007-07-19 06:58:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR ETRD ECON BA POL OFFICIALS |
07MANAMA692 | DEMARCHE: CONCERN OVER BANKING ISSUES [...] (C) Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) Banking Supervision Advisor to the Governor Richard Ellis told Econoff July 22 that Alhi United Bank (AUB) of Bahrain has applied for approval to "purchase an Iranian bank". He said the Iranian bank in question is wholly or largely state-owned, though he decl [...] | 2007-07-23 13:07:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC ECON PARM IR BA REGION |
07MANAMA696 | GOB PLANS AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL EXPATS IN AUGUST [...] (C) The GOB has announced plans to offer a six-month amnesty for illegal expatriate workers beginning August 1. Illegal workers will reportedly be permitted to legitimize their status or return to their home country without being subject to overstay fines. It is still unclear whether the amn [...] | 2007-07-23 14:02:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ELAB PGOV PREL PHUM BA HUMRIT |
07MANAMA714 | BAHRAIN: ENSURING ROBUST IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) The Ambassador July 25 urged Central Bank Governor Al Miraj to continue his vigilance regarding Bahrain's involvement with Iranian financial institutions. Al Miraj said he remained committed to pres [...] | 2007-07-26 14:35:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | KNNP MNUC ECON PARM IR BA REGION |
07MANAMA738 | BATELCO ANTI-UNION ACTIVITY CRITICIZED BY GOB [...] (SBU) Recent tension between Bahrain Telecommunications Company (Batelco) management and its union, including an open meeting at Batelco headquarters attended by 500 workers, resulted in the dismissal of the head of the union and his deputy. Minister of Labor Dr. Abdulmajeed Al Alawi stated [...] | 2007-08-01 12:49:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ELAB PHUM BA HUMRIT POL |
07MANAMA747 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR [...] (S) The Ambassador July 31 cautioned Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) Governor Miraj and Ahli United Bank (AUB) CEO El-Labban regarding the inherent risks associated with Iranian banking relationships. The Ambassador also noted that Treasury Undersecretary Stuart Levey intends to visit Bahrain i [...] | 2007-08-02 13:32:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | KNNP PREL PARM MNUC ECON IR BA REGION |
07MANAMA79 | KING AND DEPUTY DEFENSE SECRETARY ENGLAND CONFER [...] (C) King Hamad and Deputy Defense Secretary England discussed bilateral relations, Iran, Iraq, Syria, U.S. policy in the region and Bahraini domestic affairs during a January 22 lunch meeting. The King declared that Bahrain is proud of its relationship with the United States and pledged that [...] | 2007-01-26 11:48:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR ECON PGOV KDEM BA REGION BILAT |
07MANAMA802 | TREASURY U/S LEVEY CAUTIONS BAHRAIN CENTRAL BANK [...] (S) Treasury Undersecretary Stuart Levey and Policy Advisor Kristen Hecht met August 8 with Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) Governor Al Miraj to emphasize U.S. concerns that Iran may be seeking to develop means to evade the financial sanctions imposed under UNSCRs 1737 and 1747. U/S Levey cauti [...] | 2007-08-22 14:51:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | KNNP PREL PARM MNUC ECON IR BA REGION |
07MANAMA815 | FITCH UPGRADES BAHRAIN'S SOVEREIGN CREDIT RATING [...] (U) International financial ratings agency Fitch August 24 upgraded its sovereign credit rating for Bahrain from "A-" to "A," with a stable outlook. "Improvements in domestic and external solvency ratios, continued strong-non oil growth and advances in economic and political reform explain th [...] | 2007-08-27 11:07:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ECTRD BA |
07MANAMA89 | BAHRAIN: SURVEY OF LABOR PROGRAMMING NEEDS [...] (SBU) Bahrain,s economy is growing at a healthy pace. The IMF credits Bahrain with GDP growth of 7.1 percent for 2006 and forecasts an increase of 6.3 percent for 2007. Bahrain,s 2006 purchasing power parity GDP was $17.7 billion and per capita GDP stood at $25,300. The GOB makes efforts to [...] | 2007-01-31 14:22:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EAID ECON EIND ETRD BA ECTRD |
07MANAMA964 | KING OPENS PARLIAMENT; OUTLINES GOB AGENDA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-23 13:34:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SOCI BA |
07MANAMA983 | BAHRAIN: DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-30 12:26:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC KNNP EFIN ECON IR BA |
07MANAMA988 | BAHRAIN: FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-30 14:59:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC KNNP EFIN ECON IR BA |
07MANAMA995 | BAHRAIN: ARAB LEAGUE CENTRAL BOYCOTT OFFICE [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to the director of the MFA's office of Arab Affairs, Zuhair Mandeel, on November 1, commending Bahrain's non-attendance of the last two Arab League Central Boycott Office meetings and encouraging the GOB to neither support nor send representatives to the [...] | 2007-11-01 14:15:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KBCT PREL AL IS BA |
07MANILA1020 | THE CHINESE ARE COMING...WELL MAYBE NOT QUITE YET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Filipinos predicted that the economic rise of the People's Republic of China would benefit the provinces of north Luzon, which, thanks to mineral resources, agricultural potential, gambling, and beaches, should be a natural draw for Chinese tourists and investors. However, no [...] | 2007-03-29 09:25:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EINV ETRD CH RP |
07MANILA1188 | SCENESETTER FOR PEACE CORPS DIRECTOR RONALD A. TSCHETTER [...] Director Tschetter: We deeply appreciate your visit, which will mean a lot to our Peace Corps volunteers and to Philippine authorities who are offering extraordinary support in the search for Julia Campbell. Karl will be at the airport upon your arrival and give you the latest on the search. [...] | 2007-04-16 09:35:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EAID RP |
07MANILA1336 | PRESIDENT ARROYO "BULLISH" ON ASIA AT BOAO FORUM [...] (U) President Arroyo made a 12-hour trip to Hainan Island, China, on April 21, to attend the 2007 Boao Forum for Asia. She delivered an address on regional economic integration and development, proclaiming that she was "bullish on Asia and our ability to help drive positive change in the wor [...] | 2007-04-26 08:28:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PK CH RP |
07MANILA1370 | What's Next For the Roxas Bill? [...] (SBU) With Congress now in recess, the Roxas pharmaceutical bill will not pass before the May elections, and may not pass at all. Despite initial worries that the bill would contravene TRIPS in several respects, Post's engagement with Roxas and other legislators helped to secure several amendme [...] | 2007-04-30 08:02:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON RP |
07MANILA1393 | IPO and NTC Ink Rules for Coordinating Cable Piracy Cases [...] (SBU) Summary. A potentially significant step in combating cable piracy in the Philippines took place on April 4, when the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) and the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) released the implementing rules and regulations for a memorandum of agreement (MOA [...] | 2007-05-02 08:41:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR BEXP RP |
07MANILA1449 | No Immediate Reaction From Philippines on Article XXI [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-04 09:13:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON WTRO RP |
07MANILA1450 | Philippines Still Considering WTO Taft Poposal [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-04 09:13:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON WTRO RP |
07MANILA159 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DIRECTOR GENERAL AMBASSADOR [...] A warm welcome to the Philippines! The Manila Mission has developed a dynamic program for your January 23-26 visit including many opportunities for you to meet with groups of employees and individuals, as noted in the schedule submitted to your office. ----------------- Mission Community - [...] | 2007-01-12 09:49:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON EAID AMGT OTRA RP |
07MANILA1608 | SCENESETTER FOR EAP ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL [...] (SBU) Summary. A warm welcome again to the Philippines! As you arrive, the Philippines will still be focused on recent mid-term election for the Senate, House, and provincial positions. Final national results will not be available until as late as June 14. In the counter-terrorism realm, t [...] | 2007-05-17 06:48:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PTER ECON RP |
07MANILA1622 | Texas Instruments to Invest $1 Billion in Philippines [...] (SBU) Summary: Texas Instruments announced a $1 billion new investment in the Philippines on May 3 to expand its production of microchips by building new facilities at former Clark Airbase. The announcement once again reaffirmed the economic potential of the Philippines, while the specific c [...] | 2007-05-18 03:20:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON RP |
07MANILA1644 | Trade Council Reviews U.S.-Philippine Trade and Investment [...] (SBU) On May 9, the U.S. Philippine Trade and Investment Council met to review outstanding bilateral trade and investment issues. In a very productive session, participants noted that a number of bilateral trade and investment irritants have been resolved. Other potential irritants were ident [...] | 2007-05-18 08:47:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD WTRO KIPR |
07MANILA1653 | Philippines Turbulent Civair Development [...] (SBU) Summary: Liberalization of civil aviation is crucial to the development of the Philippine economy, particularly by unlocking the potential of Asian tourism into the Philippines. Nevertheless, vested interests have, until recently, kept the GRP from implementing liberal policies. Post [...] | 2007-05-21 02:55:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR RP |
07MANILA1673 | USTR Reviews IPR Progress, Economic Openness [...] (SBU) Summary. AUSTR Barbara Weisel and USTR Director for Southeast Asia David Katz warned GRP officials that intellectual property rights protection must continue to improve if the country is to avoid a return to the Priority Watch List. They told Philippine officials and businessmen that an [...] | 2007-05-22 06:18:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON RP |
07MANILA170 | China vs. U.S. (and Italy) For TransCo Concession [...] (U) Please see para. 15 for ACTION REQUEST. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Three consortia have pre-qualified to bid for the concession to run the $2.6 billion Philippine electric grid. The Chinese have teamed up with local investors close to relatives of the President and her political allies. U.S. i [...] | 2007-01-16 05:34:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV ECON CH IT RP |
07MANILA1765 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES [...] (C) Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo, just off the plane from a trip to Japan, asked EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill to meet with him for a relaxed, wide ranging conversation May 25. Secretary Romulo was particularly interested in the Six-Party Talks and indicated he planned [...] | 2007-05-30 06:10:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ECON IZ KN RP |
07MANILA1772 | U.S. LEADS TRILATERAL PORT SECURITY PROJECT [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Manila is leading a trilateral counterterrorism initiative to improve port security in the southern Philippines. Together with our Japanese and Australian partners, we conducted a security needs assessment of the Davao City and General Santos City ports, and identifie [...] | 2007-05-30 10:03:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ECON ETTC RP |
07MANILA1814 | ARROYO'S DOWN UNDER DIPLOMACY [...] (SBU) Summary: President Arroyo presided over the signing of a number of bilateral security and economic agreements during her recent visits to Australia and New Zealand, most significantly a landmark Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with Australia, which nonetheless will likely face a diff [...] | 2007-06-01 07:39:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON MCAP PTER AS NZ RP |
07MANILA2078 | AMBASSADOR CELEBRATES PHILIPPINE SUCCESS IN RURAL BANKING [...] Summary. The Ambassador helped celebrate the one millionth loan granted by banks participating in the USAID-funded Microenterprise Access to Banking Services (MABS) Program. Since its launch in 1997, the Program has worked with 330 bank branches to disburse more than $250 million to over 375 [...] | 2007-06-21 08:21:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN RP |
07MANILA212 | VISIT OF CHINA PREMIER WEN JIABAO HIGHLIGHTS [...] (C) Summary. During a January 15-16 official visit to Manila, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and his delegation signed about 30 bilateral agreements with a value of over US$6 billion, focusing on agriculture, ethanol production, development assistance, and on economic and technical cooperation. [...] | 2007-01-18 08:59:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON CH RP |
07MANILA2260 | Philippines Confirms Participation in APHIS Phytosanitary [...] On July 3, EconOff presented reftel demarche and talking points to Segfredo Serrano, Undersecretary for Policy and Planning at the Department of Agriculture. Serrano confirmed the attendance of Joel Rudinas, Director of the Bureau of Plant Industry, and Larry Lacson, Chief of Plant Quarantine, [...] | 2007-07-03 08:30:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAGR PREL ASEAN RP |
07MANILA2320 | Philippine Anti-Red Tape Act Signed [...] Summary. On June 2 President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed the Anti-Red Tape Act of 2007, a law that aims to reduce red tape in the bureaucracy, hasten government transactions, and impose stiff penalties for those engaged in graft and corrupt practices. Though a step in the right direction, [...] | 2007-07-10 06:22:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ETRD PGOV RP |
07MANILA2677 | GRP Committed to Market-Determined Foreign Exchange Rate [...] (U) In a variety of public fora, Philippine Central Bank Governor Amando Tetangco has said the GRP remains committed to a flexible, market-driven foreign exchange rate policy. Although the GRP has undertaken measures to assist affected sectors, he rejected capital controls and calls from expo [...] | 2007-08-09 05:54:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV RP |
07MANILA2776 | PHILIPPINE AIRLINES CHAIRMAN CONVEYS CONCERNS [...] (SBU) Summary: Philippine Airlines Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Lucio C. Tan met with Embassy Manila Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Jon Lindborg, Econ, and FCS late on August 13 to express his alarm over recently learning of a possible Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Internationa [...] | 2007-08-15 08:49:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON RP |
07MANILA2824 | U.S. Woes Rattle Philippine Stock and Currency Markets But [...] Jitters over global stock market declines have erased gains posted by the Philippine stock market since the start of the year. The peso, previously trading at seven-year highs, has also come under pressure, although a healthy balance of payments and record-high foreign exchange reserves will g [...] | 2007-08-17 07:46:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV RP |
07MANILA299 | U/S HUGHES CONGRATULATES PRESIDENT ARROYO ON [...] (C) Summary. U/S Hughes voiced U.S. praise for recent Philippine counterterrorism successes to President Arroyo, who vowed to continue these operations as well as defense modernization and reform. President Arroyo called on the U.S. to sign ASEAN's Treaty of Amity and Cooperation this year [...] | 2007-01-29 00:29:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EAID ECON KPAO RP |
07MANILA2997 | FIGHTING TERROR AND SPARKING GROWTH: LIKELY TOPICS [...] (C) Summary: President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo hopes that she and President Bush will have a few minutes to talk at the September 7 APEC meeting in Sydney, Australia. Palace Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita (equivalent of the White House chief of staff) and Foreign Minister Alberto Romulo [...] | 2007-09-05 05:22:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL PTER RP |
07MANILA3102 | Philippine GDP Growing Rapidly, But Challenges Remain [...] Philippine Gross Domestic Product grew 7.5% year-on-year during the second quarter, a twenty-year high. Government spending helped spur the expansion. Economists now expect full-year economic growth at the upper end of the government's 6.1%-6.7% target range. Sustaining higher growth will re [...] | 2007-09-13 06:04:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV RP |
07MANILA3153 | USTR Focuses on Broadcasting and Medicines [...] (SBU) Summary. Director for Southeast Asia and Pacific Affairs David Katz and Director of the Office of Innovation Rachel Bae, both from the office of the U.S. Trade Representative, discussed bilateral trade issues in Manila on September 3-4. The two major issues discussed were cable televisi [...] | 2007-09-18 05:27:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON EINT RP |
07MANILA3160 | U.S. BUSINESS PLAYING MAJOR ROLE IN DYNAMIC CLARK REGION [...] (U) Summary. During an August 16 visit to Clark Freeport Zone, the Charge d'Affaires focused public and corporate attention on the positive role of U.S. business in the Philippines. Joining Philippine President Arroyo, the Charge attended the groundbreaking ceremony for Texas Instruments new [...] | 2007-09-18 09:24:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CASC BTIO BEXP EAIR ECON RP |
07MANILA3307 | SOME MINDANAO BUSINESSES BOOM DESPITE DANGERS [...] (U) Summary: The DCM led an Embassy team to General Santos City on September 21 to focus attention on U.S. support for commerce in Mindanao. The DCM delivered the keynote address at a 500-strong gathering of the region's chambers of commerce. He told leaders that the recently announced $190 [...] | 2007-10-03 07:49:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV RP ECON BEXP |
07MANILA3340 | Philippine-China Summit Dominated by Scandal [...] Summary: Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo reportedly spent much of her October 2 meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao explaining bribery allegations that forced her to cancel a $330 million national broadband network contract and suspend other projects funded by China (reftel). [...] | 2007-10-05 09:52:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV RP CM |
07MANILA3341 | Ambassador's Visit Highlights U.S. Engagement in Northern [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ambassador traveled to Ilocos Norte, a relatively remote area in the far north of the Philippines, to reaffirm U.S. commitment to the region through donation of computer equipment to governmental and educational institutions by USAID and DHS. During the two-day trip, the [...] | 2007-10-05 10:46:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CASC BTIO BEXP EAIR ECON RP |
07MANILA335 | Airlines Jostle for Terminal Space and Lower Fees [...] (SBU) In a highly advantageous deal for the national carrier, the Philippine Government agreed to let Philippine Airlines (PAL) shift its international and domestic operations to the long-mothballed new terminal and to allocate remaining space to foreign carriers. The government is planning [...] | 2007-01-30 09:20:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EINV ETRD RP |
07MANILA3387 | Subic Freeport Fuel and Vehicle Smuggling [...] (SBU) Lack of political will and weak law enforcement has allowed wide-spread smuggling of refined petroleum products and second-hand vehicles through the Subic Freeport, seriously hurting legitimate businesses. The Government is also losing badly-needed revenues (equivalent to between 4%-5% [...] | 2007-10-11 08:08:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV RP |
07MANILA3419 | AMBASSADOR'S VISIT HIGHLIGHTS CEBU'S BRIGHT HORIZONS [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador's October 4 visit to Cebu highlighted the opportunity the vital role American businesses play in the commercial life of the Philippines' second city. Buttressed by a live television interview and a roundtable with print media business editors, the Ambassador opened an [...] | 2007-10-15 11:06:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO BTIO ECON MARR RP |
07MANILA3427 | MANILA RESPONSE ON WIREC 2008 [...] We relayed reftel demarche to Assistant Secretary Rey A. Carandang, Office of American Affairs, Department of Foreign Affairs, in a letter dated October 9, 2007. In an interim response received on October 15, Carandang's office said the letter has been forwarded to the office of the Philippi [...] | 2007-10-17 01:31:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG PGOV EAID RP TAGS EPET SENV SOCI |
07MANILA35 | DCM OUTREACH TO ISABELA PROVINCE [...] DCM Jones utilized a December 20-21 visit to Isabela province in northern Luzon to highlight long-standing ties with this highly agricultural area. At the provincial capital of Ilagan, Governor Grace Padaca, the 2006 Benigno Aquino Fellow for Journalism, provided a warm welcome and expressed [...] | 2007-01-05 06:04:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON EAID RP |
07MANILA3501 | GROWING U.S. BUSINESS ROLE IN NORTHERN MINDANAO [...] SUMMARY: The Deputy Chief of Mission's October 17 visit to Cagayan de Oro highlighted the increasing role that American business plays in the commercial life of Northern Mindanao. DCM participated in the ribbon cutting ceremony for the first Cagayan de Oro trade show and exposition, which fe [...] | 2007-10-24 09:05:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP BTIO ECON EINV PREL RP |
07MANILA3536 | Air Transportation Office Agrees to Final Aviation Safety [...] EconOffs met Wilfredo Borja, Officer-in-Charge of the Air Transportation Office, Department of Transportation and Communication on October 26, 2007, and delivered the letter and summary report transmitted reftel. EconOffs requested that ATO host final discussions with FAA in Manila during the [...] | 2007-10-26 08:12:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON RP |
07MANILA3589 | Manila's Response to Information Requested by U.S. [...] In response to the action request in ref A, paragraph 5, please see ref B, which explains the Philippines' Biofuels Act of 2006. 2. The following websites outline other relevant industry information and lists industry players: http://www.biofuels.com.ph/ and http://www.isaaa.org/kc/default. [...] | 2007-11-05 07:27:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON OTRA |
07MANILA3605 | DCM visit to Davao spotlights youth, business and [...] (U) Summary: During an October 24-25 visit to Mindanao's largest city, the Deputy Chief of Mission joined local government leaders and U.S. businesses to inaugurate the ninth annual Davao Trade Expo, featuring the largest number of U.S. companies ever to participate. The DCM also spoke to a [...] | 2007-11-07 05:46:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL APEC CASC BTIO BEXP EAIR ECON RP |
07MANILA3608 | PHILIPPINES CIVAIR: FAA REQUESTING IMMEDIATE FINAL [...] On October 29, 2007 EconCouns separately met with Edward Pagunsan, Undersecretary of Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC),Daniel Dimagiba, Executive Director of Air Transportation Office (ATO) and Ray Carandang, Assistant Secretary for American Affairs, Department of Foreign A [...] | 2007-11-07 06:26:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON RP |
07MANILA3640 | Scenesetter for Philippine Agriculture Secretary Yap's [...] (SBU) Summary. Philippine Agriculture Secretary Arthur Cua Yap has an impressive range of agricultural, environmental, trade and political goals for his brief November 15-16 visit to Washington. With nearly two-thirds of Filipinos engaged in agriculture - and farm families suffering the highe [...] | 2007-11-13 09:43:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR PGOV OVIP RP |
07MANILA3645 | Ambassador Applauds Staff Retention Efforts at Dell Call [...] SUMMARY: On November 8, the Ambassador visited the Dell Philippines Call Center in Pasay City, Metro Manila to assess developments in the booming contact center business. The visit was followed by a tour of the country's largest retail establishment, the SM Mall of Asia, including the newly l [...] | 2007-11-14 06:32:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON FCS ECPS ETRD EINV RP |
07MANILA3646 | PHILIPPINES CIVAIR: LETTER FROM PHILIPPINE AIRLINES [...] On November 6, 2007 we met with the Philippine public-private task force which was formed in response to the FAA summary report regarding aviation safety oversight. 2. We subsequently received a letter dated November 8 from task force member and Philippine Airline President Jaime Bautista [...] | 2007-11-14 07:33:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON RP |
07MANILA3675 | PHILIPPINES CIVAIR: VERSION 9 OF THE PHILIPPINE CIVIL [...] (SBU) We received a copy of Version 9 of the CAAP Bill dated November 13, 2007. It includes language from ICAO's Model Civil Aviation Law and addresses the missing features pointed out by the Federal Aviation Administration during their latest assessment of the Philippines. The bill will be [...] | 2007-11-15 09:25:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PREL ECON RP |
07MANILA3819 | Progress Against Smuggling in Subic Freeport [...] (SBU) A visit by about 40 representatives of business chambers, associations, companies, and foreign embassies spurred Subic Freeport authorities to announce aggressive action on the problem of vehicle and fuel smuggling (reftel) during meetings on November 8. The anti-smuggling measures incl [...] | 2007-12-04 02:17:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV RP |
07MANILA3847 | Engaging The Philippines On Climate Change In The Run-Up To [...] Summary: Ambassador and country team have conveyed, publicly and privately, U.S. positions on climate change and the importance of the Bali meetings with senior officials and key audiences. Longstanding USG environmental programs and public diplomacy in support of the environment provide a re [...] | 2007-12-05 08:27:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV ENRG KGHG RP |
07MANILA388 | Manila Airport Showcases Security Improvements to [...] Ambassador toured the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on February 1. The Manila Airport Authority described and pointed out its recent security enhancements to ensure secure, efficient, and comfortable passenger travel. The Authority started charging an additional four dollar (200 peso) s [...] | 2007-02-02 00:39:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EINV ETRD RP |
07MANILA3918 | PHILIPPINES CIVAIR SAFETY: ON THE FAST TRACK [...] Summary: The newly appointed Executive Director of the Air Transportation Office told us that the government will attempt to resolve all FAA safety concerns within three months, in order to bring the Philippines back to Category 1 as soon as possible. On November 28, the Philippine House of R [...] | 2007-12-14 00:20:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON RP |
07MANILA3948 | AMBASSADOR EMPHASIZES ENVIRONMENTAL AND CULTURAL [...] Summary: The Ambassador visited three provinces in Northern Luzon December 5 to 7 and spoke to enthusiastic crowds principally on the theme of preservation. She presented the Embassy's International Woman of Courage award to Isabela Provincial Governor Grace Padaca, delivered an address to 6 [...] | 2007-12-17 09:39:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR ECON EIND PGOV PHUM OEXC SENV RP AGR |
07MANILA3966 | Philippines Finally Sells TransCo for $3.95 Billion [...] (SBU) Summary: With a bid of $3.95 billion a Philippine/Chinese consortium won the fifth (and hopefully final) round of bidding for the 25 year concession to operate the Philippine National Transmission Company, TransCo, which operates the electric grid of the Philippines. The consortium must [...] | 2007-12-19 01:33:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG EINV RP |
07MANILA4 | THE PHILIPPINES: YEAR IN REVIEW 2006 [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Arroyo has emerged in a stronger position at the end of 2006, but faces challenges ahead in preserving control of the House in the May 2007 bi-elections. Arroyo has been helped by a buoyant economy in 2006, but the country will have to deal with power privatization and [...] | 2007-01-03 01:21:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ECON EAID MOPS PHUM RP |
07MANILA4022 | PHILIPPINES CIVAIR SAFETY: PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF THE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-26 07:31:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON RP |
07MANILA473 | Congressman Salceda on Politics and Economic Policy [...] (U) Summary: Over dinner on February 5, Representative Joey Salceda, a close advisor to President Arroyo, predicted the passage of the Roxas bill on pharmaceuticals and the eventual presidency of its sponsor, Senator Manuel Roxas. Salceda argued that the GRP has done what was necessary to sta [...] | 2007-02-12 00:19:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR RP |
07MANILA518 | AMBASSADOR APPLAUDS US COMPANY INVESTMENTS IN RENEWABLE [...] Ambassador highlighted USG promotion and American firm investment in alternative fuels during her February 7 visit to solar cell manufacturer SunPower and to a Ford plant, the sole manufacturer of biofuels capable vehicles in the Philippines. These two U.S. companies are at the forefront of p [...] | 2007-02-14 09:41:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG EAID EINV RP |
07MANILA552 | Philippines: 2007 Special 301 Report [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy recommends retaining the Philippines on the Special 301 Watch List. The GRP continued to devote attention to intellectual property protection during 2006, increasing its enforcement actions, especially against optical disk piracy. While the total number of seizures was [...] | 2007-02-20 07:50:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON RP |
07MANILA561 | USS BLUE RIDGE VISIT CATALYST FOR EMBASSY OUTREACH TO THE [...] SUMMARY: The February 11th-14th visit of the USS Blue Ridge to Cebu provided an opportunity for a coordinated, Mission-wide outreach to the Philippine's second largest metro area. Cebu's importance extends beyond its "second city" status, as its central location in the Philippine archipelago ma [...] | 2007-02-20 09:25:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON EAID RP |
07MANILA682 | Telecom Policy Workshop Inspires Participants [...] Summary: At a telecommunication workshop for Malaysian and Filipino participants, U.S. experts discussed the regulatory and financial innovations used to deliver broadband to remote parts of the United States. The benefits of universal broadband motivated policy-makers to approach legislators a [...] | 2007-03-01 06:48:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS ETRD EINV RP |
07MANILA708 | PHILIPPINES BACKS USG ON ITA DUTY-FREE COVERAGE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-05 08:05:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD WTO RP |
07MANILA764 | IPR Enforcement Targeting Mall Managers [...] (U) The Philippine National Police raided a major shopping center in downtown Manila, arresting over a dozen stall owners and seizing 13,000 counterfeit items. The police will press charges against both the managers of the mall and stall owners as part of a new IPR enforcement strategy announc [...] | 2007-03-09 00:43:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON RP |
07MANILA783 | AMBASSADOR SIGNS MOU ON EARTH SCIENCE COOPERATION [...] The Ambassador and Department of Energy Secretary Rafael Lotilla signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on March 7, 2007 at the Philippine Department of Energy. The U.S. Geological Survey negotiated this MOU which provides the legal framework for scientific and technical cooperation in ea [...] | 2007-03-09 08:35:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON TPHY KSCA SENV RP |
07MANILA969 | Structural Problems Delay Manila Airport Opening [...] (SBU) Summary: The Manila international airport terminal (NAIA-3),expropriated in 2002 but never opened, will remain closed indefinitely due to safety concerns from structural defects. The Government still faces legal and financial squabbles over its expropriation. Lucio Tan's Asian Emergi [...] | 2007-03-26 06:07:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EINV ETRD RP |
07MAPUTO1022 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE [...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for MCC Officers Mark Huisenga and Gloria Kessler to travel to Mozambique, from August 28, 2007 until September 12, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to address implementation issues on the Farmers Income Support project. Please advise as so [...] | 2007-08-27 10:04:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | KMCA EAID ECON OVIP AFIN OTRA MZ |
07MAPUTO1048 | Demining Brings Economic Growth Near Mozambique-Tanzania [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-30 13:13:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | KHDP PGOV PREL ECON MZ |
07MAPUTO1089 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE [...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for MCC Officer Paul Tetrault (Procurement Specialist, Booz Allen Hamilton) to travel to Mozambique, from September 16, 2007 until October 3, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to oversee the Fiscal Agent and Procurement Agent Proposal evalua [...] | 2007-09-11 09:31:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | KMCA EAID ECON OVIP AFIN OTRA MZ |
07MAPUTO1112 | Mozambique: Macro-economic Stability and [...] This report on MozambiqueQs macro-economic situation draws largely from a recent presentation by the IMFQs Resrep in Mozambique. As of September, Mozambique continued on track with core inflation in line with expectations although headline inflation spiked temporarily. Overall annual inflat [...] | 2007-09-14 09:43:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID EINV MZ |
07MAPUTO1173 | Mozambique: 2008 AGOA Eligibility Review [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-02 01:53:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD MZ |
07MAPUTO1208 | CHIQUITA ESTABLISHES MOZAMBIQUE AS AFRICA [...] (SBU) This is a retransmission of Maputo 1157, which previously did not reach all addressees. This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified (SBU),and contains business sensitive information that is not for distribution outside of the USG. 2. (SBU) Summary: Eager to access opportunities creat [...] | 2007-10-11 15:16:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EINV ETRD PGOV EAGR MZ |
07MAPUTO1227 | PRESIDENT GUEBUEZA DISCUSSES POVERTY REDUCTION [...] Summary: President Armando Guebuza told diplomats on October 17 that the government of Mozambique (GRM) would address poverty more quickly through initiatives for advanced schooling, tourism, and business competitiveness/investment that would require further donor assistance. These broad them [...] | 2007-10-19 05:54:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAID ECON EAGR MZ |
07MAPUTO1228 | PRESIDENT GUEBUEZA DISCUSSES POVERTY REDUCTION [...] Summary: President Armando Guebuza told diplomats on October 17 that the government of Mozambique (GRM) would address poverty more quickly through initiatives for advanced schooling, tourism, and business competitiveness/investment that would require further donor assistance. These broad them [...] | 2007-10-19 05:54:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAID ECON EAGR MZ |
07MAPUTO1229 | PRESIDENT GUEBUEZA DISCUSSES POVERTY REDUCTION [...] Summary: President Armando Guebuza told diplomats on October 17 that the government of Mozambique (GRM) would address poverty more quickly through initiatives for advanced schooling, tourism, and business competitiveness/investment that would require further donor assistance. These broad them [...] | 2007-10-19 05:54:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAID ECON EAGR MZ |
07MAPUTO126 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DOUG SHUSTER TO [...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for Doug Shuster to travel to Mozambique from 30 Jan 2007 until 31 Jan 2007, to perform business development and identify FY 2007 projects. 2. Control Officer: Brooke Williams, Commercial Officer at the Embassy, will be control officer. [...] | 2007-01-29 08:03:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON OTRA MZ |
07MAPUTO1280 | ANGOLA-MOZAMBIQUE RELATIONSHIP IMPROVING [...] Building on the 2005 visit of Mozambican President Armando Guebuza to Luanda (the first foreign trip of his presidency),Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos made his first state visit to Maputo on October 30-31, accompanied by a large delegation of businessmen. The two presidents signe [...] | 2007-11-05 08:25:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EPET ENRG MZ AO |
07MAPUTO1305 | REQUEST FOR CONSULTING SERVICES FOR DESIGN AND [...] 787/07/T017 2. 11/08/07 3. RDOUGHTEN 4. 787 MOZAMBIQUE 5. - 6A. REPLY TO: 6B. Chief Executive Officer Fundo de Investimento e Patrimonio do Abastecimento de Agua Rua General Pereira DQEca, 241 Ground Floor Maputo, Mozambique Tel: (258-21) 498 840 Fax: (25 [...] | 2007-11-08 13:13:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ECON MZ |
07MAPUTO1322 | PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES INVESTMENT, AID, [...] (C) Summary: The Charge and USAID Director met with Prime Minister Luisa Diogo on 11/8 and discussed business environment concerns, the important USG role in donor assistance, efforts to reduce corruption in government, peacekeeping and Zimbabwe. Clearly grasping how to make bureaucracy mor [...] | 2007-11-14 16:42:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EAID ETRD PREL MZ |
07MAPUTO134 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MILLENNIUM [...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for MCC Marcelo Bueno, Jonathan Saiger, David Gentry, and Omar Hopkins to travel to Mozambique, from 04 February 2007 until 24 February 2007 to conduct due diligence on the MCA-Mozambique final proposal regarding infrastructure and fiscal ac [...] | 2007-01-30 08:48:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | KMCA EAID ECON OVIP AFIN OTRA MZ |
07MAPUTO1340 | PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES INVESTMENT, AID, [...] (C) Summary: The Charge and USAID Director met with Prime Minister Luisa Diogo on 11/8 and discussed business environment concerns, the important USG role in donor assistance, efforts to reduce corruption in government, peacekeeping and Zimbabwe. Clearly grasping how to make bureaucracy mor [...] | 2007-11-15 12:37:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EAID ETRD PREL MZ |
07MAPUTO1345 | MCC COMPACT UPDATE [...] The Embassy welcomes the November 17-21 visit by Ambassador John Danilovich, Chief Executive Officer for the Millennium Challenge Corporation, and provides the following short update of MCC implementation activities in- country since the July 13 Compact signing in Washington. 2. On August [...] | 2007-11-16 09:23:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV PREL MZ |
07MAPUTO1346 | FY 2007 CARRY-OVER ESF FOR STATE AFRICA REGIONAL [...] SUMMARY. Embassy Maputo proposes two projects for FY 2007 ESF carryover funding: (1) $1,000,000 for political competition and consensus-building under the elections and political processes (2.3.2) element and (2) $500,000 to structure a program aimed at improving the Doing Business "taxes" c [...] | 2007-11-16 10:00:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN AMGT EAID ECON PGOV PHUM PREL MZ |
07MAPUTO1441 | ENERGY REFORM AND ACCESS PROJECT - ERAP CREDIT # 3819 MOZ [...] 787/07/T018 2. 12/04/07 3. RDOUGHTEN 4. 787 MOZAMBIQUE 5. - 6A. REPLY TO: 6B. Mr. Pascoal Bacela, National Director for Energy Ministry of Energy - Direccao Nacional de Energia Electrica Av. 25 de Setembro, 1218 - 2nd Floor Maputo, Mozambique Tel: (258-21) 357 600 [...] | 2007-12-06 05:10:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ENRG ETRD ECON MZ |
07MAPUTO1445 | MCC CEO DANILOVICH SEES CAPACITY CHALLENGES [...] SUMMARY: Ambassador John Danilovich, CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC),met with Mozambican President Armando Guebuza, international donors and private sector representatives, gave a speech on U.S. development assistance at a local university, and visited MCC project sites on [...] | 2007-12-06 13:07:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV PREL MZ |
07MAPUTO1451 | MCC CEO DANILOVICH SEES CAPACITY CHALLENGES [...] SUMMARY: Ambassador John Danilovich, CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC),met with Mozambican President Armando Guebuza, international donors and private sector representatives, gave a speech on U.S. development assistance at a local university, and visited MCC project sites on [...] | 2007-12-11 06:31:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV PREL MZ |
07MAPUTO1469 | INDIA HOPING TO "CHECKMATE CHINA" IN MOZAMBIQUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Charge recently paid a courtesy call on the India's High Commissioner to Mozambique, Rajinder Bhagat. The High Commissioner related his country's primary interests in Mozambique, focusing on commercial sector development, agricultural development, and coal mining, while rec [...] | 2007-12-17 12:19:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EMIN KDEM PGOV PREL IN MZ CN |
07MAPUTO1471 | INDIA HOPING TO "CHECKMATE CHINA" IN MOZAMBIQUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Charge recently paid a courtesy call on the India's High Commissioner to Mozambique, Rajinder Bhagat. The High Commissioner related his country's primary interests in Mozambique, focusing on commercial sector development, agricultural development, and coal mining, while rec [...] | 2007-12-17 14:12:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EMIN KDEM PGOV PREL IN MZ CN |
07MAPUTO153 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MILLENNIUM [...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for MCC Paul Tetrault and Alberto Neyra Estens to travel to Mozambique, from 08 February 2007 until 20 February 2007 to oversee the Fiscal Agent and Procurement Agent Expression of Interest (EOI) evaluation proceedings. Please advise as soon [...] | 2007-02-05 06:29:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | KMCA EAID ECON OVIP AFIN OTRA MZ |
07MAPUTO198 | Mozambique - January Economic Digest [...] This is a brief summary of significant economic developments in Mozambique during January 2007. We provide it as a supplement to our other reporting. The items discussed are: -- World Bank Approves Loan Support for PARPA II -- World Bank to Support ProMaputo via IDA Credit -- SA Sugar [...] | 2007-02-15 13:57:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ |
07MAPUTO245 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORP [...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for MCC Maria Claudia Pachon, and Cassia Carvalho-Pacheco to travel to Mozambique, collectively, from March 12 to March 23, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct due diligence on the MCA-Mozambique final proposal and to address impleme [...] | 2007-02-28 12:03:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | KMCA EAID ECON OVIP AFIN OTRA MZ |
07MAPUTO261 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORP [...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for MCC Jonathan Saiger, Jonathan Nash, John Polk, and Marcelo Bueno to travel to Mozambique, collectively, from March 11 to 30, 2007. The purpose of these trips is to conduct due diligence on the MCA-Mozambique final proposal and to address [...] | 2007-03-05 13:02:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | KMCA EAID ECON OVIP AFIN OTRA MZ |
07MAPUTO269 | MOZAMBIQUE: Update for 2007 President's Report on [...] (U) The Government of Mozambique (GRM) continues to work toward creating an investment-friendly, market-based economy. Mozambique has one of the most dynamic and fastest-growing economies in sub-Saharan African, although the growth is from a very low base and is supported by substantial donor [...] | 2007-03-06 15:16:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ |
07MAPUTO298 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORP [...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for MCC Carlos Linares to travel to Mozambique, from March 11 to 24, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct due diligence on the infrastructure section of the MCA-Mozambique proposal to MCC. Please advise as soon as possible regarding a [...] | 2007-03-13 11:42:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | KMCA EAID ECON OVIP AFIN OTRA MZ |
07MAPUTO30 | December Economic Digest: Mozambique [...] This is a brief summary of significant economic developments in Mozambique during December 2006. We provide it as a supplement to our other reporting. The items discussed are: -- National Assembly Approves the 2007 Budget -- 2006 Inflation was 9.4 percent -- British Assistance Figures [...] | 2007-01-08 15:02:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ |
07MAPUTO308 | Mozambique - February Economic Digest [...] This is a brief summary of significant economic developments in Mozambique during February 2007. We provide it as a supplement to our other reporting. The items discussed are: -- Mozambique Launches Road Sector Program -- Norwegian Firm to Build New Aluminum Smelter -- Chibuto Titani [...] | 2007-03-15 07:37:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ |
07MAPUTO320 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORP [...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for MCC Jonathan Bloom and Kristin Penn to travel to Mozambique, from March 25 to 30,2007. The purpose of this trip is to participate in the Gates Foundation sponsored workshop titled "Biotechnology, Breeding and Seed Systems for African Crop [...] | 2007-03-16 07:43:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | KMCA EAID ECON OVIP AFIN OTRA MZ |
07MAPUTO386 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MCC VISITORS [...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for MCC Charles Shea, Maria Claudia Pachon, Stephen Gaull, Jonathan Saiger, Marycel Tuazon, Beverly Watson, David Ameyaw, Cassia Carvalho-Pacheco, Celeste Tarricone, Jigar Bhatt, and Jolyne Sanjak to travel to Mozambique, from 08 April 2007 t [...] | 2007-04-02 14:47:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | KMCA EAID ECON OVIP AFIN OTRA MZ |
07MAPUTO425 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORP [...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for MCC Darius Mans to travel to Mozambique, from April 30, 2007 until May 2, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to due diligence wrap up, relationship management, and Compact development/ implementation discussions. Please advise as soon as [...] | 2007-04-10 13:12:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | KMCA EAID ECON OVIP AFIN OTRA MZ |
07MAPUTO442 | March Economic Digest [...] This is a brief summary of significant economic developments in Mozambique during March 2007. This issue has a strong mining theme. We provide it as a supplement to our other reporting. The items discussed are: -- CVRD to Begin Development of Moatize Coal Mine by June -- Tantalum Mine E [...] | 2007-04-13 05:59:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EMIN ENRG EINV ETRD MZ |
07MAPUTO478 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE [...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for MCC Lori Beaman to travel to Mozambique, from April 30, 2007 until May 8, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to work with MozambiqueQs Monitoring and Evaluation Team to help design an evaluation strategy for projects proposed to MCC by th [...] | 2007-04-24 09:26:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | KMCA EAID ECON OVIP AFIN OTRA MZ |
07MAPUTO509 | Mozambique - Cargo Scanning Fees Threaten Trade Through [...] (SBU) Summary: A new Mozambican company, Kudumba, which is partially owned by the ruling FRELIMO party, has a concession to operate scanners checking cargo at Mozambique's ports of entry. It is charging high fees on all cargo, scanned or not, going through Maputo port. The port and the busine [...] | 2007-05-01 08:40:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON MZ |
07MAPUTO598 | April Economic Digest: Mozambique [...] This is a brief summary of significant economic developments in Mozambique during April 2007. We provide it as a supplement to our other reporting. The items discussed are: -- China's Trade with Mozambique Grows 26 percent -- France Grants Debt Relief, Supports Limpopo Park -- Moma M [...] | 2007-05-24 15:48:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ |
07MAPUTO675 | MOZAMBIQUE - 2007 Report on Investment Disputes and [...] Post is aware of one (1) claim that may be outstanding against the Government of the Republic of Mozambique (GRM). 2. Claimant A. 3. This potential claim arose on or around August 5, 2005. 4. In 2001 Claimant A received authorization for a foreign investment project from the GRM's [...] | 2007-06-18 05:43:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EINV ETRD OPIC PGOV KIDE CASC MZ |
07MAPUTO680 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORP [...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for MCC Chris Bertels and Manuel Avila to travel to Mozambique, from July 15, 2007 until July 22, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to assess local audit firm capabilities. Please advise as soon as possible regarding any schedule or itinerar [...] | 2007-06-18 15:00:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | KMCA EAID ECON OVIP AFIN OTRA MZ |
07MAPUTO684 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORP [...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for MCC Officers Chris Bertels and Manuel Avila to travel to Mozambique, from July 15, 2007 until July 22, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to assess local audit firm capabilities. Please advise as soon as possible regarding any schedule or [...] | 2007-06-19 14:02:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | KMCA EAID ECON OVIP AFIN OTRA MZ |
07MAPUTO685 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORP [...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for MCC Chris Bertels and Manuel Avila to travel to Mozambique, from July 15, 2007 until July 22, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to assess local audit firm capabilities. Please advise as soon as possible regarding any schedule or itinerar [...] | 2007-06-19 14:03:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | KMCA EAID ECON OVIP AFIN OTRA MZ |
07MAPUTO69 | Mozambique - 2007 Investment Climate Statement [...] The following is Mozambique's 2007 Investment Climate Statement. ------------------------------ Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. Mozambique encourages foreign direct investment. CPI, the government's Investment Promotion Center, seeks to bring investors [...] | 2007-01-16 16:54:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON ELAB EINV ETRD EFIN KTDB USTR |
07MAPUTO691 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE [...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for MCC Officer Maria Claudia Pachon to travel to Mozambique, from July 01, 2007 until July 06, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to further develop implementation planning. Please advise as soon as possible regarding any schedule or itinera [...] | 2007-06-20 07:28:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | KMCA EAID ECON OVIP AFIN OTRA MZ |
07MAPUTO692 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE [...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for MCC Officer Maria Claudia Pachon to travel to Mozambique, from July 01, 2007 until July 06, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to further develop implementation planning. Please advise as soon as possible regarding any schedule or itinera [...] | 2007-06-20 07:51:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | KMCA EAID ECON OVIP AFIN OTRA MZ |
07MAPUTO773 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CHRIS BERTELS AND [...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for Chris Bertels and Manuel Avila to travel to Mozambique, from July 15, 2007 until July 22, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to assess local audit firm capabilities. Please advise as soon as possible regarding any schedule or itinerary ch [...] | 2007-07-06 09:56:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | KMCA EAID ECON AFIN OTRA NH MZ |
07MAPUTO774 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE [...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for MCC Officers Karen Benjamin, Gary Dayton, Cassia Carvalho- Pacheco, Irlene Gallardo, David Gentry, Joe Hook, Barbara Hayes and Marycel Tuazon to travel to Mozambique, from July 11, 2007 until August 24, 2007. The purpose of these trips i [...] | 2007-07-06 09:56:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | KMCA EAID ECON OVIP AFIN OTRA MZ |
07MAPUTO801 | May/June Economic Digest: Mozambique [...] This is a brief summary of significant economic developments in Mozambique during May and June 2007. We provide it as a supplement to our other reporting. The items discussed are: -- Investment in Tourism Increases Significantly -- M-Cel Now in the Black -- Theft Plagues MozambiqueQs Po [...] | 2007-07-11 11:04:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ |
07MAPUTO81 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MILLENNIUM [...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for visit by MCC team in reftel. Please advise as soon as possible regarding any schedule or itinerary changes; refer to paragraph 13 regarding visa requirements. 2. Control Officer: John Wysham, Econ/Pol Chief at the Embassy, will be [...] | 2007-01-18 13:35:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | KMCA EAID ECON OVIP AFIN MZ |
07MAPUTO82 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO REHO ANTHONY WOODS [...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for Anthony Woods to travel to Mozambique, from Feb 5-8 to for courtesy calls and consultatins with Mission Staff, government officials and NGOs on a range of bilateral and regional environmental issues. Please advise as soon as possible re [...] | 2007-01-18 13:36:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ECON EAID OTRA MZ |
07MAPUTO889 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE [...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for MCC Officers Darius Mans and Gary Jacobs to travel to Mozambique, from July 30, 2007 until August 22, 2007. The purpose of these trips is to perform a security assessment of the MCC Mission Office (Gary Jacobs) and to launch the MCA-Moza [...] | 2007-07-27 07:51:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | KMCA EAID ECON OVIP AFIN OTRA MZ |
07MAPUTO93 | Embassy Maputo's FY07 BFIF Proposal [...] Post requests funding in the amount of USD 25726 under the Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) for FY07. 2. Embassy Maputo proposes the following project for FY07. We are requesting funding for only one project as we consider Commercial Outreach essential to increasing trade between [...] | 2007-01-22 05:24:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP BTIO ECON ETRD EAID EINV ABUD MZ |
07MAPUTO933 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR REHO ANTHONY WOODS [...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for REHO Anthony Woods to travel to Mozambique, from August 12, 2007 until August 19, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct courtesy calls and consultations with Mission staff, government officials and NGOQs on a range of bilateral an [...] | 2007-08-08 10:44:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SENV ECON EAID BC MZ |
07MAPUTO938 | Mozambique: OPIC Guaranty to Calvert Social Investment [...] Socremo Banco de Microfinancas (Socremo MFB or Socremo) is one of the largest Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs) in Mozambique. Socremo received authorization to become a non-bank financial intermediary from the Mozambican government in 1998. In May 2004, Socremo obtained a license to operate [...] | 2007-08-08 14:33:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ |
07MAPUTO952 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE [...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for MCC Officer Maria Pachon to travel to Mozambique, from August 31, 2007 until March 27, 2008. The purpose of this trip is to act as the Acting Deputy Resident Country Director for Mozambique. Please advise as soon as possible regarding an [...] | 2007-08-13 08:41:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | KMCA EAID ECON OVIP AFIN OTRA MZ |
07MAPUTO969 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY LEAVITT'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) The Embassy warmly welcomes Secretary Leavitt and his accompanying delegation to Mozambique, widely considered to be an exemplary post-conflict democratic success story in Africa. Following the June visit of First Lady Laura Bush and the July MCC compact signing in Washington with Presi [...] | 2007-08-16 11:18:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PGOV ECON KHIV PREL EAID MZ |
07MARSEILLE66 | MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE: AN OVERVIEW OF [...] Summary: The 2008 municipal elections in the three largest cities in the south of France (Marseille, Nice and Montpellier) will probably not see any city halls changing hands. Marseille and Nice will remain UMP, and Montpellier PS. Marseille will see the closest race, as the powerful sociali [...] | 2007-09-25 14:59:00 | Consulate Marseille | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SOCI EU FR PINR ECON ELAB |
07MASERU114 | LESOTHO'S INPUT FOR 2007 PRESIDENT'S REPORT ON AGOA [...] SUMMARY: In response to REFTEL, Embassy Maseru provides the following input for the 2007 President's Report on AGOA. Two-thirds of Lesotho's export revenues are dependent on AGOA, and the textile industry spawned by AGOA is now the largest formal sector employer in the nation. Lesotho is a de [...] | 2007-03-02 12:39:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECIN ECON EINV LT |
07MASERU167 | LESOTHO: OPPOSITION CALLS OFF WORK STOPPAGE AFTER TWO-DAY [...] (U) Summary: After a two-day strike that crippled the Maseru economy, late on March 20 Lesotho's political opposition leaders called off the mass action in order to hold talks with visiting SADC leaders. We expect that business will return to regular levels of activity on March 21, although th [...] | 2007-03-20 15:45:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ECON PGOV PREL LT |
07MASERU177 | SADC: POSSIBLE EXTRAORDINARY SUMMIT ON ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Summary: Tanzanian Foreign Minister Membe, in Lesotho for the SADC Council of Ministers meeting, told Maseru-based diplomats on March 22 "in confidence" that the SADC Double Troika ministers had recommended to their respective capitals that Tanzania host an Extraordinary Summit for SADC He [...] | 2007-03-22 21:10:00 | Embassy Maseru | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV PINR KDEM ECON ZI LT |
07MASERU182 | SADC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS MEETING: MEDIA BRIEFING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-23 12:02:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR ETRD PREL PGOV KDEM LT |
07MASERU198 | BUDGET SPEECH HIGHLIGHTS POVERTY REDUCTION ROLE OF DONOR [...] (SBU) Following is summary of the key points made by Lesotho's Finance Minister Tim Thahane in Parliament on March 30. A full analysis of his speech will be available septel. The main categories Thahane addressed were: -- achieving development goals of Lesotho's vision 20/20; -- job cre [...] | 2007-03-30 11:56:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAID LT |
07MASERU203 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR NOMINEES FOR ILEA GABORONE - [...] Post submits the following information on the three candidates from Lesotho who are nominated to participate in REFTEL course. The candidates are from the Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA),Customs Divsion and the Ministry of Tourism, Environment and Culture. a) Name: Khetsi MAPOTA Gen [...] | 2007-04-03 13:35:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR LT |
07MASERU204 | MINISTER OR FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT PRESENTS PROPOSED BUDGET [...] SUMMARY: The Minister of Finance and Development Planning Dr. Timothy Thahane presented the 2007/2008 National Budget to the Parliament on March 30 2007. The Minister's M7.5bn ($1.03bn) budget will focus on creating a conducive investment climate and Minimum Infrastructure Platform (MIP) hen [...] | 2007-04-03 15:40:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PGOV KHIV LT |
07MASERU217 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR NOMINEES FOR ILEA GABORONE - [...] Post submits the following information on the three candidates from Lesotho who are nominated to participate in REFTEL course. The candidates are from the Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA),Customs Divsion and the Ministry of Tourism, Environment and Culture. a) Name: Khetsi MAPOTA Gen [...] | 2007-04-10 06:22:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR LT |
07MASERU219 | LESOTHO NOMINEES FOR ILEA GABORONE - WILDLIFE INVESTIGATION [...] Post submits the following three candidates from Lesotho who are nominated to participate in ref B course. The candidates are from the Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA) Customs Division and from the Ministry of Tourism, Environment, and Culture. a) Name: Khetsi MAPOTA Gender: Male Da [...] | 2007-04-10 13:21:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR LT |
07MASERU227 | LESOTHO: APRIL 2007 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP [...] SUMMARY: - SADC Council of Finance Ministers Convened in Maseru - World Bank Considers Lesotho for Non-Concessional Loans - UNFPA Presents 5th Five-Year Country Program - New Diamond Mining Areas Explored. END SUMMARY. --------------------------------- SADC COUNCIL OF FI [...] | 2007-04-16 15:21:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND EINV EMIN PGOV LT |
07MASERU231 | LESOTHO: VISIT OF MCC MANAGING DIRECTOR DARIUS MANS AND MCC [...] (SBU) As the potential signing of a Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) compact draws nearer, MCC Managing Director for Anglophone and Lusophone Africa, Dr. Darius Mans, visited Lesotho on March 15-16, 2007, for a series of meetings with GOL officials and other stakeholders. Prior to Dr. Mans [...] | 2007-04-19 16:12:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KMCA EAID ECON PGOV PREL LT |
07MASERU261 | LESOTHO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ILEA GABORONE NOMINEES - [...] Post respectfully submits the following information to the Department for Human Rights vetting on the two candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in REFTEL course. The candidates are from the Lesotho Revenue Authority (Customs Division) and the Ministry of Home Affairs (Department of [...] | 2007-05-07 14:59:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR LT |
07MASERU296 | LESOTHO: NATURAL RESOURCES MINISTER CALLS ON REHO [...] At a May 15 reception to mark the forthcoming departure of U.S. Ambassador June Carter Perry, Monyane Moleleki, Lesotho's Minister of Natural Resources, approached visiting Regional Environment and Health Officer (REHO) Anthony Woods and requested for a meeting the following day. REHO and Pol [...] | 2007-05-22 14:49:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KMCA ECON EAGR EAID LT |
07MASERU297 | LESOTHO MAY 2007 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP: DIAMONDS, CORN, FISCAL [...] SUMMARY: - Analyst: Fiscal Policy and Tax Base Key in Lesotho; - Diamond Mining in Lesotho: Implications; - Money Laundering Task Force Meets in Maseru; and - Lesotho's Maize and Sorghum Harvest Fails. END SUMMARY. --------------------------------------------- --- [...] | 2007-05-22 15:34:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV EAGR KCRM EAID LT |
07MASERU302 | LESOTHO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ILEA GABORONE NOMINEES - [...] Post respectfully submits the following information to the Department for Human Rights vetting on the three candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in REFTEL course. The candidates are from the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offenses (DCEO) and the Lesotho Mounted Police Serv [...] | 2007-05-24 12:01:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR LT |
07MASERU306 | LESOTHO: PRELIMINARY ACCRA AGOA FORUM DELEGATION LIST [...] SUMMARY. In response to reftels regarding delegations to the July 18-19 AGOA Forum in Accra, Ghana, Embassy Maseru provides the following preliminary information on Lesotho's delegation. The delegation includes representatives of the Ministry of Trade and Industry (including the Minister),t [...] | 2007-05-30 11:20:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECIN ECON EINV LT |
07MASERU313 | LESOTHO OFFERS SUPPORT FOR ZOELLICK, BUT SEEKS REGIONAL [...] (U) SUMMARY. On May 30, Charge spoke with Lesotho's Minister of Finance as well as with the Acting Principal Secretary of Foreign Affairs concerning the nomination of SIPDIS Ambassador Robert Zoellick to lead the World Bank. As a result of the nominee's previous visit to the Mountain King [...] | 2007-05-31 16:01:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IBRD LT |
07MASERU329 | LESOTHO NOMINEES FOR ILEA GABORONE - LAND BORDER [...] Post submits the following information the two candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in REFTEL course. The candidates are from the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offenses (DCEO) and the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS). a) Name: Refiloe RAMOHOLI Gender: Male [...] | 2007-06-06 12:28:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR LT |
07MASERU370 | LESOTHO: PM VISITS SOUTH AFRICA DESPITE TROUBLE AT HOME [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 18-20, the Prime Minister of Lesotho, Phakalitha Mosisili, conducted an official visit to Cape Town, South Africa. An official communiqui on the visit mentioned the signing of agreements on several bilateral issues, including the cross-border movement of citizens. In his [...] | 2007-06-26 15:47:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON KMCA KDEM EAID SF LT |
07MASERU383 | LESOTHO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ILEA GABORONE NOMINEES - [...] Post submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on two candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in REFTEL course. Both candidates are members of the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS). a) Name: Tsietsi N. JANKI Gender: Male Date of birth: [...] | 2007-07-02 19:25:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR LT |
07MASERU400 | LESOTHO: FOCUS SECTORS FOR AGOA DIVERSIFICATION EFFORTS [...] SUMMARY: In order to better focus Embassy Maseru's efforts to assist Lesotho in diversifying its exports to the United States under AGOA, the Economic Section (ES) conducted an informed study of the nation's promising export growth sectors. Three products lines were identified: blue-agave alo [...] | 2007-07-09 14:59:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECIN ETRD PREL LT |
07MASERU403 | DISASTER DECLARATION: FOOD INSECURITY IN LESOTHO [...] This is an action cable. See paragraphs 3 and 11. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. SUMMARY: According to a variety of food experts, Lesotho government officials, and official observers -- including USAID, the World Food Programme (WFP),the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO),the GO [...] | 2007-07-10 15:05:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR ECON PGOV PREL LT |
07MASERU406 | LESOTHO JULY 2007 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP: GOOD FISCAL POLICY BUT [...] SUMMARY: While Lesotho's growth rate remains troublingly low, the GOL's fiscal discipline has allowed the country to keep inflation under double digits, maintain sizable foreign currency reserves, and run a public sector budget which is strongly in the black. On the good news front, the Worl [...] | 2007-07-10 18:21:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECIN EINV LT |
07MASERU408 | LESOTHO: 2006 CENSUS PREVIEW SHOWS POPULATION TRENDS [...] SUMMARY: On July 5, Lesotho's Minister of Finance and Development Planning shared with multilateral and bilateral donor missions an advance excerpt from the country's 2006 housing and population census, compiled by the nation's Bureau of Statistics (BOS). The long-awaited census figures, sho [...] | 2007-07-12 09:25:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KHIV KWMN SMIG SOCI LT |
07MASERU409 | LESOTHO NOMINEES FOR ILEA GABORONE - SMALL ARMS TRAFFICKING: [...] Post submits the following information on the two candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in REFTEL course. Both candidates serve in the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS). a) Name: Tsietsi N. JANKI Gender: Male Date of birth: January 14, 1969 Passport no.: RA644651 [...] | 2007-07-12 09:51:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR PHUM LT |
07MASERU412 | SCENESETTER FOR PRIME MINISTER MOSISILI'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Mosisili's imminent visit to Washington to sign a $362.5 million MCA Compact on July 23 with the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) comes at a high point in the U.S.-Lesotho bilateral relationship, reflecting many shared values, mutual cooperation, successful [...] | 2007-07-12 18:33:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PGOV PREL PHUM KMCA LT |
07MASERU424 | LESOTHO: SPEAKER PROGRAM EVALUATION - MR. ROBERT SMOLIK, [...] SUMMARY: From July 13-17, Embassy Maseru hosted international speaker Mr. Robert Smolik, currently the State Department's Diplomat in Residence at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. Mr. Smolik's presentations on democracy, good governance, and anti-corr [...] | 2007-07-19 10:55:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KDEM KCOR ECON LT |
07MASERU491 | LESOTHO: UN FLASH APPEAL FOR FOOD SHORTAGE [...] SUMMARY: On August 2, the United Nations invited donors and representatives of the Government of Lesotho to the official launch of a flash appeal for food aid, stating that the need in Lesotho was nearly $19 million. GOL representatives explained that the need was beyond its capacity to addre [...] | 2007-08-15 14:08:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR ECON PGOV PREL UN LT |
07MASERU510 | LESOTHO AUGUST 2007 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP: FOOD INFLATION AND [...] SUMMARY: -- Rising Food Prices Lead Rising Inflation -- Responses to Food Insecurity Crisis -- GOL Signs $10 Million Loan with Arab Development Bank -- AGOA Review: Trouble for Textiles? -- Charge Presents Equipment to Aid Labor Standards END SUMMARY. ------------------------- [...] | 2007-09-04 08:34:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN ECON EINV ETRD EAID ELAB AMGT LT |
07MASERU530 | LESOTHO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ILEA NOMINEES - LEED 25; [...] Post submits the following personal information to the Department for human rights vetting on the seven (7) candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in REFTEL course (October 8-November 16, 2007). All candidates are members of the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS). A) LAST [...] | 2007-09-20 14:40:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR LT |
07MASERU545 | LESOTHO: TEXTILE AND APPAREL PRODUCTION [...] SUMMARY: Despite taking a battering from intensifying global competition, Lesotho's textile sector remains vital for Lesotho's economy -- directly employing approximately 45,777 people in 2007. This sector has strongly contributed to aggregate demand (supported by strong consumption spending [...] | 2007-09-28 12:31:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN ECON ETRD LT |
07MASERU547 | LESOTHO: TEXTILE AND APPAREL PRODUCTION [...] SUMMARY: Despite taking a battering from intensifying global competition, Lesotho's textile sector remains vital for Lesotho's economy -- directly employing approximately 45,777 people in 2007. This sector has strongly contributed to aggregate demand (supported by strong consumption spending [...] | 2007-09-28 12:32:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN ECON ETRD LT |
07MASERU549 | LESOTHO SEPTEMBER 2007 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP: ARRESTS, ANALYSIS, [...] SUMMARY: - Fitch Puts Lesotho's Economy Under Microscope - Article IV Consultations: Good Numbers, No Poverty Impact - Principal Secretary of Justice Arrested - High-level Chinese Trade Delegation Visits Lesotho - "One Stop Shop" to Simplify Trade - Promise in the Mining Sect [...] | 2007-10-01 12:13:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EMIN EFIN PGOV CH LT |
07MASERU550 | LESOTHO: ILEA NOMINEES - LAW ENFORCEMENT EXECUTIVE [...] Post submits the following information on the seven (7) candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in REFTEL course. All candidates are members of the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS). A) LAST NAME: MOKHELE OTHER NAMES: MASECHABA MOSELANTJA RANK: [...] | 2007-10-01 12:35:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR LT |
07MASERU554 | LESOTHO: AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW [...] In response to REFTEL, Embassy Maseru submits the following updated AGOA country eligibility information. 2. TPSC SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGOA IMPLEMENTATION COUNTRY ELIGIBILITY RECOMMENDATIONS 2007 STATE SUBMISSIONS Country: Lesotho Current AGOA Status: Eligible Country Background Summar [...] | 2007-10-03 15:34:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD LT |
07MASERU567 | LESOTHO: RENEWAL OF FOOD INSECURITY DISASTER DECLARATION [...] This is an action cable. See paragraphs 2 and 7 below. 2. SUMMARY: On July 10, Charge issued a food insecurity disaster declaration following a severe decline in Lesotho's agricultural production as a result of drought conditions affecting the southern African region. Lesotho will requi [...] | 2007-10-11 15:45:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR EAID PREL SOCI LT |
07MASERU574 | LESOTHO: DRAFT 2008 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE [...] In response to reftel, post submits the following revised text for the 2008 National Trade Estimate. The "tracked changes" version of this text has been sent by e-mail directly to USTR. LESOTHO IMPORT POLICIES Tariffs Lesotho applies the SACU Common External Tariff. Additional ch [...] | 2007-10-16 10:18:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EFIN LT |
07MASERU576 | LESOTHO: UPDATE ON FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION SITUATION AND [...] This cable summarizes latest estimates of food insecurity in Lesotho, plans for scale-up of food distribution levels in the coming months, and increasing concerns about acute malnutrition in some areas, and Post's follow up of these concerns. Post recommends continued vigilance to the possibi [...] | 2007-10-16 12:26:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR EAID PREL SOCI LT |
07MASERU589 | LESOTHO: INFLATION ON THE RISE [...] SUMMARY: Over recent months, inflation has become a serious issue in Lesotho. A decline in cereal production, resulting from the worst drought in a decade, and surging oil prices are exerting a strong upward pressure on food prices and the overall consumer price index. Consumer inflation, d [...] | 2007-10-30 17:21:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND EINV PGOV LT |
07MASERU595 | LESOTHO OCTOBER 2007 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP: JOB LOSSES, [...] In October, representatives of Lesotho's textile industry acknowledged the retrenchment of 1,800 workers from three major factories. Lesotho's textile industry faces increasing challenges due to the rise in global garment and textile competition following the recent removal of many quotas on [...] | 2007-11-02 08:00:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR PGOV EIND ETRD LT |
07MASERU614 | LESOTHO: WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR UPDATE [...] While limited in scope and confined to the informal sector, problems with child labor do exist in Lesotho. Recent studies on child labor by regional NGOs, UNICEF, and the International Labor Organization conclude that the worst forms of child labor (WFCL) in Lesotho occur primarily in four ar [...] | 2007-11-30 11:55:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI ECON LT |
07MASERU619 | LESOTHO: GOL SCRUTINY OF PONZI SCHEME LEADS TO PROTESTS, [...] SUMMARY: On November 27, Lesotho's Central Bank suspended many commercial activities of the country's largest funeral services company, Lesotho MKM Burial Society, for functioning as an unlicensed bank, insurance company, and possibly as a pyramid investment scheme. As hundreds of anxious in [...] | 2007-12-03 17:39:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LT |
07MASERU633 | LESOTHO NOVEMBER 2007 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP: POVERTY, [...] In this edition: -- GOL Reviews Progress on Poverty Reduction Strategy -- SACU Develops Common Negotiating Mechanism, Textile Strategy -- GOL Promotes Procurement as a Profession -- Lesotho's Treasury Stops Payroll Deductions Directed to MKM Burial Society ------------------------------- [...] | 2007-12-14 10:28:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV ECIN EFIN EIND LT |
07MASERU637 | LESOTHO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ILEA NOMINEES - FINANCIAL [...] Post submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the two (2) candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in REFTEL course. Both candidates are members of the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS). a) LAST NAME: MOKULI OTHER NAMES: TS [...] | 2007-12-17 05:56:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR LT |
07MASERU91 | NOMINEES FOR ILEA GABORONE - PERSONNEL AND FACILITY SECURITY [...] Post submits the following information on the four candidates from Lesotho who are nominated to participate in REFTEL course. All candidates serve with the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS). a) Name: Tlala PHATELA Gender: Male Date of birth: 15 November, 1964 Passport no. [...] | 2007-02-26 15:10:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR LT |
07MELBOURNE38 | AUSTRALIAN REGULATOR SAYS TELSTRA DOMINANCE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC),the Australian government's anti-trust regulator, believes that the telecommunications giant Telstra is even better positioned to increase its market dominance following the final government share sell off (known as T3). [...] | 2007-03-08 06:13:00 | Consulate Melbourne | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON USTR ECPS AS |
07MEXICO1020 | PRESIDENT CALDERON SEEKS INVESTMENT FOR MEXICO,S [...] (SBU) Summary: Speaking three months after taking office, President Calderon offered his perspective of why Mexico is uniquely positioned to become one of the world's leading investment destinations and gave an overview of progress on his three priorities: security and the rule of law, poverty [...] | 2007-02-28 19:25:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR ECON EFIN MX |
07MEXICO1041 | SCENESETTER FOR AGRICULTURE SECRETARY JOHANNS [...] (SBU) Summary: We welcome your visit to Mexico City as an outstanding opportunity to demonstrate our continued interest in working with the new Mexican government on tackling the sensitive issues surrounding the bilateral agricultural relationship, which will be key to making progress on oth [...] | 2007-03-01 16:44:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR BEXP ETRD ECON KJUS PREL MX |
07MEXICO108 | MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, DECEMBER 7 - DECEMBER 13 -- [...] (U) The first budget from the Calderon Administration, for fiscal year 2007 (ref A) was met by loud protests over proposed funding levels for education and infrastructure, as well as an increase in the tax for soft drinks. A detailed cable regarding contentious parts of the budget will follow. [...] | 2007-01-09 19:00:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG ELAB EFIN PGOV PREL MX |
07MEXICO1102 | SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT'S TRIP TO MEXICO, MARCH [...] (SBU) Mission Mexico warmly welcomes you to Merida. President Calderon recognizes the broad-ranging challenges his country faces and appears to have the vision and political will to address them strategically. Having completed three months in office, he has demonstrated resolve in tackling hi [...] | 2007-03-05 19:24:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR ECON OVIP MX |
07MEXICO1256 | SENIOR MEXICAN ENERGY OFFICIAL SEES CRISIS COMING [...] (C) The Mexican Undersecretary for Energy Planning, Jordy Herrera, told a Department of Energy (DOE)-led USG delegation that Mexico's oil production could decline from 3 MBD to 2.5 MBD before stabilizing within two years. We were told President Calderon is planning a March 18 public address [...] | 2007-03-12 21:54:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON MX |
07MEXICO1258 | CALDERON ANNOUNCES INCREASED FARM ASSISTANCE TO [...] (U) This message is based on Global Agriculture Information Network Report Number MX7016 from Embassy Mexico City's Foreign Agricultural Service Section. Summary ------- 2. (U) Last week the Calderon administration rolled out a number of agricultural/rural development initiatives in a f [...] | 2007-03-12 22:21:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON SENV MX |
07MEXICO1259 | MEXICAN ENERGY OFFICIALS TALK BILATERAL [...] (SBU) A Department of Energy (DOE) delegation and Mexican officials discussed areas for bilateral cooperation between the U.S. and the Calderon administration, as well as trilateral cooperation with Canada where applicable, including: -- Biofuels - exploring technologies and applications fo [...] | 2007-03-12 22:48:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON MX |
07MEXICO1271 | MEXICAN OFFICIALS DISCUSS LNG AND COAL MARKETS [...] (SBU) A Department of Energy (DOE) delegation and Mexican officials discussed supply challenges facing the North American (liquefied natural gas) LNG market. Lack of reasonably priced liquefied LNG will likely cause the GOM to place its Manzanillo regassification project (reftel) on hold. Wit [...] | 2007-03-13 16:52:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON MX |
07MEXICO1330 | MEXICO,S TWO SUGAR CANE PRODUCERS ASSOCIATIONS [...] SUMMARY: Embassy personnel recently met with representatives of Mexico,s National Union of Sugar Cane Producers (UNPCA) and the National Union of Cane Growers (UNC) to discuss these two organizations, views on increasing Mexican ethanol production. The cane producers are the intermediaries b [...] | 2007-03-15 17:23:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ENRG ECON EPET PINR MX |
07MEXICO1358 | PRESIDENT CALDERON ALL BUT EMBRACES OPPOSITON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-16 21:34:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI PINR MX |
07MEXICO1367 | MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, MARCH 9 - MARCH 16 [...] (SBU) A senior Mexican Treasury (Hacienda) official told emboffs that pension reform introduced this week would pass before a general fiscal reform because it was less contentious. The Mexican Senate nixed Carlos Hurtado as a new Deputy Governor of the Bank of Mexico (Central Bank). A judge r [...] | 2007-03-16 23:37:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG MX PGOV PINR PREL |
07MEXICO1389 | MEXICAN GOVERNMENT MOVING FORWARD ON LONG-AWAITED [...] (SBU) The Finance and Social Security Committees in the Mexican Chamber of Deputies (lower house) on March 20 approved new draft legislation to reform the Social Security and Services Institute for State Workers (ISSSTE),the agency responsible for providing pension and health care services fo [...] | 2007-03-21 13:44:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX |
07MEXICO1451 | MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, MARCH 16-23, 2007 [...] (SBU) The Mexican Chamber of Deputies (lower house) on March 22 approved new draft legislation to reform the agency responsible for providing pension and health care services for government employees. The centerpiece of the reform is the replacement the current "defined-benefits" system with a [...] | 2007-03-23 18:06:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB MX PGOV PREL |
07MEXICO1452 | CORRECTED COPY - MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, MARCH [...] (SBU) The Mexican Chamber of Deputies (lower house) on March 22 approved new draft legislation to reform the agency responsible for providing pension and health care services for government employees. The centerpiece of the reform is the replacement the current "defined-benefits" system with a [...] | 2007-03-23 18:44:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB MX PGOV PREL |
07MEXICO146 | DEMARCHE: 2007 LIBERIA PARTNERS FORUM [...] Post delivered reftel demarche to Dr. Luis Landa Fournais, Director General for Economic Relations at the Foreign Relations Secretariat. No specific response was given. Visit Mexico City's Classified Web Site at http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/wha/mexicocity GARZA [...] | 2007-01-11 21:24:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN MX |
07MEXICO152 | MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, JANUARY 6 - JANUARY 11, 2007 [...] (SBU) GE/NBC asked the Embassy to continue pressing the Mexican Attorney General's Office (PGR) to drop frivolous criminal charges against the company, meanwhile GE Chairman Jeff Immelt made similar points to President Calderon. The Mexican Telecom Regulator (Cofetel) will hold a teleconfere [...] | 2007-01-11 23:36:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB MX PGOV PREL |
07MEXICO1550 | CALDERON WARNS OF PEMEX CRISIS [...] (U) President Calderon spoke frankly about the challenges facing Mexico in the petroleum sector on "Pemex Day," March 18, the 69th anniversary of the expropriation of foreign oil company assets in Mexico. He announced that Mexico has less than ten years of reserves remaining at current produc [...] | 2007-03-27 19:57:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON MX |
07MEXICO1627 | MEXICO,S SENATE APPROVES PENSION REFORM [...] (SBU) The Mexican Senate approved draft legislation to reform the Social Security and Services Institute for State Workers (ISSSTE),the agency responsible for providing pension and health care services for most government employees. The bill, which has already passed in the lower house, stil [...] | 2007-03-30 21:29:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX |
07MEXICO1678 | PRESIDENT CALDERON, GOVERNOR PENA NIETO, VOW TO [...] Last week at two separate events, Mexican President Calderon and the governor of the State of Mexico vowed to combat the trade in pirated and counterfeit goods, arguing that strong IPR protection is a necessary condition for attracting investment, strengthening competitiveness, and generating [...] | 2007-04-03 17:06:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON PGOV MX |
07MEXICO173 | MEXICO 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- PART II [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-12 23:05:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV KTDB OPIC USTR ELAB ETRD EFIN PGOV |
07MEXICO186 | FALL LEGISLATIVE SESSION: IN LIKE A LION, OUT LIKE [...] (SBU) Summary: The first session of Mexico's 60th Congress concluded on December 23 with a trajectory defying easy characterization. The session could not have begun in a less auspicious manner, with PRD legislators seizing the podium in the Chamber of Deputies to prevent President Fox from [...] | 2007-01-16 13:24:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL ECON EFIN MX |
07MEXICO1925 | MEXICAN JUDICIAL AND EXECUTIVE AUTHORITIES [...] SUMMARY: In a series of ongoing events, Mexican authorities temporarily reinstated Napoleon Gomez Urrutia as the leader of the National Miners Union, SNTMMSRM. This reinstatement was followed by a national SNTMMSRM convention on April 17, 2007, in which Gomez was then definitively reaffirmed [...] | 2007-04-19 15:10:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PHUM PGOV PINR MX |
07MEXICO212 | MEXICO 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- PART I [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-16 20:50:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV KTDB OPIC USTR ELAB ETRD EFIN PGOV |
07MEXICO213 | MEXICO ENERGY REFORM [...] (C) Embassy Mexico is supporting the establishment of a Mexican private sector working group to promote serious, in-depth discussion of the future of energy in Mexico. Energy is at the core of debates affecting the Government of Mexico's fiscal future. President Calderon and other leaders hav [...] | 2007-01-16 21:11:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EPET ECON MX |
07MEXICO2202 | MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, APRIL 27 - MAY 4 [...] (SBU) The Mexican senate approved a bill combating terrorist financing that will now go to the President for signature. The Bank of Mexico (BOM) raised interest rates by a quarter percent to head off inflation, and the Finance Secretariat and BOM revised this year's growth forecast SIPDIS [...] | 2007-05-04 16:11:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EFIN MX PGOV PREL |
07MEXICO2254 | MISSION MEXICO CONTINUES TO MONTIOR MURDER OF [...] SUMMARY: Mission Mexico personnel have continued their efforts to monitor the situation surrounding the recent murder in Monterrey of agricultural worker labor union organizer Santiago Rafael Cruz. Embassy Mexico City,s Labor Counselor and AmConsul Monterrey,s Pol/Econ Officer visited the FLO [...] | 2007-05-07 20:08:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB KFRD PGOV PHUM PINR CVIS MX |
07MEXICO2285 | NORTHERN MEXICO: LABOR UNIONS COMPETE AMONG [...] SUMMARY: If the northern Mexican states of Nuevo Leon (which includeS the major industrial city of Monterrey) and Coahuila are any indication, labor relations in that part of Mexico are marked by a general sense of cooperation between the unions and the region,s larger private and public empl [...] | 2007-05-09 11:50:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI PINR MX |
07MEXICO2334 | MEXICO ECONOMIC WEEKLY, MAY 4-11, 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: Inflation fell in April, despite price increases for some commodities. President Calderon is exploring how to proceed with fiscal reform. The United States and Mexico held the inaugural meeting of the U.S.-Mexico Consultative Committee on Agriculture, and discussed implementing [...] | 2007-05-11 18:30:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS ELAB EFIN PGOV ETRD PREL MX |
07MEXICO2388 | INTERNATIONAL WORKERS, DAY CELEBRATIONS HIGHLIGHT [...] SUMMARY: In most countries May 1, (International Workers, Day) is viewed as a date to commemorate labor unity. That said, public events proclaiming the goal of worker unity were not much in evidence this year in Mexico. Instead, the most obvious display to come out of this year,s May 1 celeb [...] | 2007-05-14 21:51:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PGOV PINR PHUM SOCI MX |
07MEXICO2518 | MEXICO'S GOVERNMENT BUILDING SUPPORT FOR FISCAL [...] (SBU) President Calderon and members of his administration have been working with Congress to build support for fiscal reform. The government would like for the reform to be approved during a special session of Congress this summer so the new measures can be incorporated into the President's [...] | 2007-05-17 21:35:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX |
07MEXICO2520 | CONFUSING STATISTICS AND CONFLICTING OPINIONS [...] SUMMARY: The child labor scenario in Mexico is complicated by out-of-date or confusing data about the magnitude of the problem and by ambivalent opinions as to what, if anything, can or should be done about the predicament. The Mexican government, International Organizations and NGO,s all ha [...] | 2007-05-18 14:39:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB PGOV PHUM SOCI UNCHC PINR MX |
07MEXICO2545 | MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, MAY 11 - MAY 18 [...] (U) Mexico's economy grew at an annualized rate of 2.6 percent in the first quarter of 2007, the lowest in a year. In a speech accompanied by controversial teachers' union president Gordillo, President Calderon outlined coming educational reforms. The Mexican Supreme Court began considering [...] | 2007-05-18 21:54:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB MX PGOV PREL |
07MEXICO2653 | MEXICO NOT LIKELY TO VOICE CONCERN OVER [...] (C) Summary: Political Counselor met with Mario Arriola Woog, SRE's Director General for Latin America and the Caribbean, on May 21 to emphasize that growing political, economic and commercial ties between Venezuela and Iran not only served to undermine international sanctions against the l [...] | 2007-05-23 22:22:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER VE IR MX |
07MEXICO2666 | RENEWABLE ENERGY IN MEXICO [...] (SBU) Embassy Mexico, working through USAID under the auspices of the ongoing Mexican Energy Network (ref A),joined with the Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and the Autonomous Mexican Institute of Technology (ITAM) on May 15, 2007 to present a conference on identifying and overcomin [...] | 2007-05-24 18:02:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON MX |
07MEXICO2670 | MEXICAN ECONOMY SLOWS IN FIRST QUARTER [...] (SBU) The Mexican economy is showing signs of slower growth, with the forecast for real GDP growth around 3.2% for 2007, down from 4.8% last year. In the first quarter of the year, the Mexican economy grew at its slowest rate in more than a year, in part due to the slower pace of the U.S. ec [...] | 2007-05-24 19:43:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PINR PGOV MX |
07MEXICO270 | MEXICAN AUTO SECTOR OPTIMISTIC [...] (U) Experts on the Mexican auto industry believe the industry will not only weather the expected slow down in U.S. demand, but will maintain its competitive edge over cheaper labor countries in Asia and South America. While production and exports will likely hold steady, domestic sales figures [...] | 2007-01-19 17:54:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND EINV ELAB ETRD MX |
07MEXICO2716 | MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, MAY 19 - MAY 25 [...] (SBU) Mexican inflation, though relatively high, fell in the first half of May. PRI unions stood behind victorious Yucatan gubernatorial candidate Ivonne Ortega, contributing to her victory, despite unions' recent, less-than-active support for PRI candidates. The U.S. and Mexican government [...] | 2007-05-25 17:26:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB ENRG MX PGOV PREL |
07MEXICO2748 | MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, MAY 19 - MAY 25 [...] (SBU) Mexican inflation, though relatively high, fell in the first half of May. PRI unions stood behind victorious Yucatan gubernatorial candidate Ivonne Ortega, contributing to her victory, despite unions' recent, less-than-active support for PRI candidates. The U.S. and Mexican government [...] | 2007-05-29 18:15:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB ENRG MX PGOV PREL |
07MEXICO2752 | WORLD BANK BLAMES MEXICAN UNIONS AND PRIVATE [...] SUMMARY: World Bank (WB) officials recently visited Mexico City to formally release a report on Mexico,s efforts to enact economic reforms. The report entitled, &Mexico Beyond State Capture and Social Polarization8, concluded that the country,s endeavors to carry out meaningful reforms are be [...] | 2007-05-29 19:22:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB IO PGOV PINR MX |
07MEXICO276 | CORRECTED -- MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, JANUARY 6 - [...] (SBU) GE/NBC asked the Embassy to continue pressing the Mexican Attorney General's Office (PGR) to drop frivolous criminal charges against the company, meanwhile GE Chairman Jeff Immelt made similar points to President Calderon. The Mexican Telecom Regulator (Cofetel) will hold a teleconfere [...] | 2007-01-19 20:52:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB MX PGOV PREL |
07MEXICO278 | SUGAR UNIONS SEEK SWEETER DEAL ON RETIREMENT [...] SUMMARY: Mexico,s largest sugar workers unions have threatened to go on strike beginning January 21, if an agreement is not reached on member retirement benefits. At issue is a disagreement with the sugar mill operators over whom (the industry, the Mexican Social Security Agency or both) is r [...] | 2007-01-19 23:15:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EAGR ECON PGOV PINR MX |
07MEXICO279 | MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, JANUARY 11 - 17 2007 [...] (U) In response to sharp increases in tortilla prices, the Calderon government has agreed to temporary price restraints with a number of producers and distributors. Finance Secretary Carstens has said he believes that the drop in oil SIPDIS prices is temporary and will not result in budget c [...] | 2007-01-19 23:15:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR ECPS ELAB EPET ETRD PGOV MX |
07MEXICO2796 | MEXICO PUBLICLY SUPPORTS NOMINATION OF ROBERT [...] (U) On May 30, the Mexican Ministry of Finance issued a press release supporting the nomination of Robert Zoellick as President of the World Bank. Early on May 30, the Embassy had delivered reftel demarche to the Mexican Secretariats of Finance, Foreign Affairs, and Economy. The Finance Minis [...] | 2007-05-31 18:35:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN IBRD MX |
07MEXICO2837 | MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, MAY 26 - JUNE 1 [...] (U) President Calderon said he was displeased by the appreciate of the peso resulting from the Bank of Mexico's decision to raise interest rates. He also urged governors to negotiate on fiscal reform. Finance Minister Carstens expects mid-year GDP growth to reach 3.8 %. Cofetel issued regulat [...] | 2007-06-01 19:41:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB MX PGOV PREL |
07MEXICO2852 | PRESIDENT CALDERON UNVEILS MEXICO'S NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) Summary: President Calderon has announced a National Development Plan for Mexico. The plan calls for extensive political and economic reform covering a wide range of areas from security to competitiveness to foreign policy and the environment. Although many of the proposals have been pen [...] | 2007-06-01 22:43:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON BEXP SENV EAID PGOV EFIN EINV MX |
07MEXICO2858 | MEXICAN TEXTILE INDUSTRY LOSING JOBS TO CONTRABAND [...] SUMMARY: According to representatives of the Mexican Textile and Clothing Industries, as well as leaders of various Textile Workers Unions, their segment of the economy has lost some 318,000 jobs since 2000, with another 500,000 jobs currently at risk. Both the industry and the unions attrib [...] | 2007-06-04 15:26:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD KTEX PGOV PINR ECON MX CH |
07MEXICO2897 | SPP/NAEWG: U.S.-MEXICO MEETING ON GAS HYDRATES [...] (SBU) Department of Energy (DOE) and U.S. Geologic Survey (USGS) officials discussed cooperation on gas hydrate research with Mexican Energy Secretariat and Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) officials under the auspices of the North American Energy Working Group (NAEWG) and the Security and Prosper [...] | 2007-06-04 21:41:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON MX |
07MEXICO2934 | ELECTRICAL WORKERS, UNION COMPLAINS ABOUT THE HIGH [...] SUMMARY: During the week of May 14, the Mexican Electrical Workers, Union (SME),an organization closely tied to Mexico,s main opposition party, launched a charm offensive lamenting the high cost of electricity for average consumers. According to the SME, the cost of electricity to the avera [...] | 2007-06-05 22:17:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PGOV ENRG PINR MX |
07MEXICO306 | MEXICO'S NEW ECONOMY SECRETARY MEETS WITH [...] (SBU) Mexico's top trade and industry official wants to deepen North American economic integration and improve the country's investment climate to counter growing competition from China and elsewhere. After a short briefing on the Mexican government's (GOM) approach to dealing with the recent [...] | 2007-01-23 14:48:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR ECON BEXP WTRO MX CH |
07MEXICO3080 | MEXICO COMMITTED TO SUCCESSFUL TRADE RELATIONSHIP, [...] (SBU) The Calderon administration recognizes the vital economic role played by a bilateral trade relationship that is, on the whole, quite healthy. Nonetheless, Mexican officials are worried about the political implications of a growing perception in Mexico that NAFTA implementation is a one- [...] | 2007-06-12 22:22:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ERTD ECON MX |
07MEXICO3111 | NEW SLATE OF INTERPARLIAMENTARY GROUP PARTICIPANTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Focusing this year on economic competitiveness, immigration and security/law enforcement, legislators at the 46th annual Interparliamentary Groups (IPG) agreed their countries shared common stakes in economic development and improved security. Coming as it did two days afte [...] | 2007-06-14 15:57:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON MX |
07MEXICO3124 | MEXICO SEE FDI SURGE FROM TAX HAVEN COUNTRIES [...] (U) SUMMARY: During the first quarter of 2007, Mexico has experienced a surge in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) from "tax haven" countries such as the Virgin Islands and Bermuda. FDI inflows from these countries have been second only to inflows from the United States. Officials from the Se [...] | 2007-06-14 19:46:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON EFIN MX |
07MEXICO3176 | MEXICO COMMEMORATES WORLD DAY AGAINST CHILD LABOR [...] SUMMARY: In commemoration of the UN/ILO,s World Day Against Child Labor, the Lower House of the Mexican Congress and the CROC labor union (the country,s third largest labor federation) organized a highly publicized press event to highlight the gravity of the problem of child labor in Mexico. [...] | 2007-06-18 20:04:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PHUM EAGR KWMN SOCI PINR KCRM MX |
07MEXICO3246 | MEXICO'S CALDERON UNVEILS TAX REFORM PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) On June 20, President Felipe Calderon submitted to the Congress Permanent Standing Commission a fiscal reform proposal that focuses on boosting government revenues and combating tax evasion. The initiative aims to increase federal tax collection by 1.9 percent of GDP and state collectio [...] | 2007-06-21 20:30:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX |
07MEXICO3266 | MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, JUNE 2 - JUNE 22 [...] (SBU) Reaction to the Calderon Administration's release of its fiscal reform proposal was mixed. Consumer price inflation fell 0.49% in May, resulting in a reduced annual inflation rate of 3.95%. Opening of corn, bean, milk and sugar markets under NAFTA scheduled for January 2008 may not h [...] | 2007-06-22 16:18:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB ENRG ETRD KIPR MX |
07MEXICO3297 | JUNE 2007 PRE-CANCUN IPR UPDATE [...] (SBU) President Calderon's National Development Plan included a paragraph on the importance of IPR protection. Calderon had IPR talking points for his meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao at the G-8, but told the press he didn't have time to raise the issue. The Chairman of the lower hous [...] | 2007-06-22 21:23:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR PINS ECON ETRD MX CH |
07MEXICO3302 | VIOLENCE CONTINUES UNABATED [...] (C) Summary: Widespread narco-violence in Mexico continues unabated since the Embassy reported on soaring Cartel-related bloodshed in mid-May. While there have been no spectacular, multi-fatality shootouts matching the spate that characterized the early spring, 37 federal, state and local of [...] | 2007-06-25 13:18:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PGOV ASEC ECON MX |
07MEXICO3442 | STATE GOVERNMENT AND UNION PROMOTE JOBS IN COAHULA [...] SUMMARY: The government of the northern Mexican state of Coahuila and the national union of the Mexican Workers Confederation (CTM) recently took advantage of a newly published university study positively highlighting the state,s economic growth to sign an agreement promoting job growth and c [...] | 2007-07-02 15:09:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PINR SOCI MX |
07MEXICO3443 | STATE GOVERNMENT AND UNION PROMOTE JOBS IN COAHULA [...] SUMMARY: The government of the northern Mexican state of Coahuila and the national union of the Mexican Workers Confederation (CTM) recently took advantage of a newly published university study positively highlighting the state,s economic growth to sign an agreement promoting job growth and c [...] | 2007-07-02 15:09:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PINR SOCI MX |
07MEXICO3444 | STATE GOVERNMENT AND UNION PROMOTE JOBS IN COAHULA [...] SUMMARY: The government of the northern Mexican state of Coahuila and the national union of the Mexican Workers Confederation (CTM) recently took advantage of a newly published university study positively highlighting the state,s economic growth to sign an agreement promoting job growth and c [...] | 2007-07-02 15:10:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PINR SOCI MX |
07MEXICO346 | SCENESETTER FOR COMMERCE SECRETARY GUITERREZ'S [...] (SBU) Summary: We welcome your visit to Mexico City as an unparalleled opportunity to set the stage and coordinate with the new Mexican government on concrete measures we can take together to move the relationship forward in many important economic areas, including improving competitiveness [...] | 2007-01-23 23:05:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ETRD ECON KJUS PREL MX |
07MEXICO347 | MEXICO TOURISM SECRETARY: NO WORRIES ON WHTI [...] (U) Summary: The Mexican Secretary of Tourism has said that the impact of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) on international tourism to Mexico will be minor. According to estimates by the Secretariat of Tourism (Sectur),Mexico's revenue losses from WHTI will be less than 3 percen [...] | 2007-01-24 13:19:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAIR CASC CPAS EIND KHLS MX |
07MEXICO3511 | MEXICO'S INVESTORS DISCUSS EFFECTS OF NARCO CRIME [...] (U) Summary: Narcotics-related violence in parts of Mexico continues to raise concerns about its potential effect on Mexico's investment climate. On June 28, the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) addressed this issue, by holding the International Forum on Investment and Security, where b [...] | 2007-07-03 21:39:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ECIN ELAB PGOV MX |
07MEXICO352 | SUGAR WORKERS APPARENTLY ACCEPT A DEAL THAT IS NOT [...] SUMMARY: Mexico,s largest sugar workers union and sugar mill operators appear to have reached a deal that for now has averted a strike scheduled to begin on January 21. Although the two parties negotiated several topics, the main issue was a disagreement over retirement benefits. The union w [...] | 2007-01-24 15:27:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EAGR ECON PGOV PINR MX |
07MEXICO3703 | MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, JUNE 22 - JULY 13 [...] (SBU) The Calderon Administration is working with the Mexican Legislature to promote a fiscal reform initiative, possibly a prelude to a series of other reforms (energy, labor, education, etc.). Over the past two weeks, we have spoken with officials outside and inside the Congress to get a s [...] | 2007-07-13 16:59:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB ENRG MX PGOV PTER |
07MEXICO379 | BRIDGES THAT DIVIDE US: FACILITATING US-MEXICO [...] (SBU) The overall message conveyed to Assistant Secretary of Commerce David Bohigian during his three-day, SIPDIS three-state tour of the U.S.-Mexican border was that there is much that the two federal governments can do to help improve cross-border commerce, to the benefit of consumers, b [...] | 2007-01-25 16:58:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECON ELTN ETRD MX |
07MEXICO3839 | ZAPATERO VISIT BOOSTS CALDERON [...] (SBU) Summary: During his four-day visit to Mexico, Spanish PM Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and President Calderon agreed to cooperate on apprehending ETA members and other extremists, develop infrastructure and the tourism sector, increase people-to-people contacts through a "Dialogue Forum," [...] | 2007-07-20 16:19:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ECON MX |
07MEXICO3859 | U.S. FIRMS REACT TO MEXICAN FISCAL REFORM PLAN [...] (SBU) While American Chamber of Commerce in Mexico (AmCham) member firms object to many portions of the Calderon Administration's fiscal reform plan, they have given their qualified support to the proposal. The draft law would set up a minimum business tax in an attempt to plug the numerous [...] | 2007-07-20 20:47:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX |
07MEXICO390 | MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, JANUARY 18 - JANUARY 24, [...] (SBU) Finance Secretary Agustin Carstens discussed technical assistance, and Economy Secretary Sojo raised border facilitation in meetings with the Embassy. The Embassy's Energy Reform Project held its first public meeting. Questions remain even within Pemex about the cause of a six percent [...] | 2007-01-25 23:49:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB MX PGOV PREL |
07MEXICO3931 | SPECULATION ON MEXICO'S MEDIA SECTOR [...] (SBU) Ernesto Piedras (strictly protect throughout),President of the Competitive Intelligence Unit and Angel Lopez Hoher (strictly protect throughout),Head of the Unit for Planning, Liaison and International Affairs at the Mexican Federal Competition Commission (Cofeco) agreed that a new Me [...] | 2007-07-25 14:17:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EINV PGOV MX |
07MEXICO3937 | MEXICO'S NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN [...] (U) Summary. President Calderon presented the National Infrastructure Program (NIP) on July 18. The NIP is the infrastructure component of Mexico's National Development Plan (ref A) and seeks to improve Mexico's competitiveness. The plan presents ambitious goals for infrastructure investment [...] | 2007-07-25 16:37:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ELTN ENRG MX |
07MEXICO3993 | PETROLEOS MEXICANOS: A VERY, VERY GOOD PLACE TO [...] SUMMARY: On July 17, Petroleos Mexicanos, Mexico,s national petroleum company (Pemex),and the Petroleum Workers Union (STPRM) announced an agreement on a new collective bargaining contract for 2007-2009. The current Pemex/STPRM contract was set to expire on August 31, 2007. This was report [...] | 2007-07-27 21:55:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON ENRG EPET PGOV PINR MX |
07MEXICO4017 | MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, JULY 14 - JULY 27 [...] (SBU) Senior Mexican officials told Commerce Assistant Secretary Bohigian they wanted more participation from U.S. SIPDIS Cabinet level officials to push the prosperity agenda at the upcoming North America SPP Summit. While the Confederation of Mexican Workers (CTM) publicly announced its [...] | 2007-07-30 22:41:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB MX PGOV PREL |
07MEXICO4114 | AMCONSUL MATAMOROS HOSTS UNION, PRIVATE SECTOR AND [...] SUMMARY: On July 20, AmConsul Matamoros hosted a meeting aimed at opening a discussion on ways to prevent drug abuse in general and abuse in the workplace in particular. The meeting was attended by representatives of Mexico,s largest labor federations (CTM),the local president of a national [...] | 2007-08-02 21:52:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR ELAB PGOV ECON PINR SOCI MX |
07MEXICO413 | PARTY POLITICS DIVIDE LABOR MOVEMENT "UNITY" OVER [...] SUMMARY: The successful organization of Mexican labor movement participation in a January 31 st, mega-march to protest price increases in basic food items now appears very much in doubt. The unified image labor had hoped to project in demonstrating against price increases was shattered when i [...] | 2007-01-26 22:52:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON SOCI PINR PGOV MX |
07MEXICO414 | MEXICAN REACTION TO EXTRADITIONS MUTED; [...] (SBU) Summary. Mexican reaction to the recent, unprecedented extradition of 15 wanted criminals to the U.S. has been muted. Although such massive extraditions predictably triggered isolated complaints from the opposition that the move violated Mexico's "national sovereignty," such complaint [...] | 2007-01-29 13:20:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL ECON EFIN MX |
07MEXICO4151 | FURTHER REACTION TO MEXICAN FISCAL REFORM PLAN [...] (SBU) Six weeks after the introduction of the Calderon Administration's proposal for fiscal reform (ref A),companies and business organizations continue their objections to the most controversial aspects of the plan, a flat minimum tax on revenues (CETU) and a tax on cash deposits (ICI). Som [...] | 2007-08-03 22:34:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX |
07MEXICO4191 | AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (U) Summary: In ref A, Post sent Treasury's Office of International Affairs the Spanish-language presentation from the American Chamber of Commerce about its concerns regarding the fiscal reform proposal that President Calderon submitted to Mexico's Congress (ref B). Below is an English-langu [...] | 2007-08-07 19:12:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV MX |
07MEXICO4236 | MEXICO: U.S. INVESTORS ASK FOR INTERVENTION ON TAX [...] Sensitive but unclassified, entire text. 2. (SBU) This is an action message, see paragraph 2. 3. (SBU) Summary and Action Request. Representatives of U.S. real estate firms in Mexico contacted the Embassy August 6 to express their concern over the Calderon administrations tax reform [...] | 2007-08-09 14:48:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV MX |
07MEXICO4246 | THE LABOR SITUATION OF THE MEXICAN TEXTILE AND [...] SUMMARY: Beginning on July 31, the Mexico office of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) foundation, a German non-profit organization, and the International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers Federation (ITGLWF) held a two day seminar on the &Future of the Textile Industry in Mexico.8 The se [...] | 2007-08-09 18:24:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON ETRD KTEX PGOV PINR CH MX |
07MEXICO4265 | PARTIES ACCENTUATE THE NEGATIVE AFTER MIXED STATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Recriminations are raining this week across Mexico's political landscape in the wake of August 5 state and local elections in Baja California, Aguascalientes and Oaxaca. All three parties are smarting in one locale or another. In Baja California, PRI's Jorge Hank Rhon broke [...] | 2007-08-09 21:16:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON MX |
07MEXICO4280 | FISCAL REFORM: CURRENT STATUS [...] (U) Summary: Mexico's opposition parties continue to deliberate on whether to allow a Special Session so that Congress could rule on Calderon's fiscal reform proposal before the FY 2008 budget must be submitted on September 8. Despite criticism of the CETU minimum alternative tax by business, [...] | 2007-08-10 17:34:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON BEXP SENV EAID PGOV EFIN EINV MX |
07MEXICO4282 | MEXICO'S MAQUILAS CLAIM NEW TAX COULD KILL [...] (U) Summary: Econoff spoke with representatives from the National Council for the Maquiladora Export Industry (CNIME) August 7 regarding the effects the new Single Rate Business Tax (CETU) will have on the industry. The President, Jose Jesus de Calleros, said that CNIME supports the concept of [...] | 2007-08-10 21:47:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV ELAB MX |
07MEXICO4286 | POSSIBLE TELECOM PROPOSAL FOR NORTH AMERICA LEADERS' [...] (SBU) Summary: Mexico's Communications and Transport Ministry (SCT) has asked the Calderon Administration to present a dramatic telecom proposal at the North America Leader's Meeting in Montebello, Canada on August 20-21. Under the proposal, the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) would [...] | 2007-08-13 13:44:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB PGOV PREL SPP KIPR EAIR MX |
07MEXICO4291 | POSSIBLE TELECOM PROPOSAL FOR NORTH AMERICA LEADERS' [...] (SBU) Summary: Mexico's Communications and Transport Ministry (SCT) has asked the Calderon Administration to present a dramatic telecom proposal at the North America Leader's Meeting in Montebello, Canada on August 20-21. Under the proposal, the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) would [...] | 2007-08-13 13:47:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB PGOV PREL SPP KIPR EAIR MX |
07MEXICO4293 | FUTURE OF THE SPP AND NAFTA - MEXICAN VIEWS LEADING INTO [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 9, Econoffs met with officials from Mexico's Ministry of Economy to discuss GOM positions for the North American Leaders Meeting in Montebello August 20-21, and the NAFTA Free Trade Commission meetings in Vancouver August 13-14. Expressing concern over the downplaying [...] | 2007-08-13 13:47:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV ETRD SPP MX |
07MEXICO4334 | MEXICAN TELECOMMUNICATION POLICY TARGETS TELMEX [...] (SBU) On August 3, as part of the Ninth Meeting of the High Level Consultative Commission (HLCC) on Telecommunications, Rafael del Villar, Under Secretary for Communications at the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation (SCT),briefed a small group of Department of State (DOS),Feder [...] | 2007-08-14 15:31:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS ENIV PGOV MX |
07MEXICO4390 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BLUNT'S AUGUST 20-21 VISIT [...] (SBU) My staff and and I warmly welcome you to Mexico City. President Calderon recognizes the broad-ranging challenges his country faces and has the vision and political will to address them strategically. Having completed his first 9 months in office, he has demonstrated resolve in implemen [...] | 2007-08-16 18:31:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP ECON PGOV PREL MX OVIP BLUNT ROY |
07MEXICO4399 | SUPREME COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF COMPETITION IN MEXICO'S [...] (U) SUMMARY: Below is an analysis and English-language summary of the 900-page final decision by Mexico's Supreme Court (SCJN) that some provisions of the April 2006 Radio and Television Law are unconstitutional. The Court threw out the most blatant anti-competition measures that led the 2006 [...] | 2007-08-16 22:21:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECON EINV PGOV MX |
07MEXICO4451 | A LOOK AT MEXICO'S NASCENT PRIVATE EQUITY INDUSTRY [...] (U) A strong private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) industry has long been seen as an important vehicle for economic growth, the development of small- and medium-sized businesses, and job creation. Recent reforms measures and relative political and macroeconomic stability have made Mexi [...] | 2007-08-21 15:05:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PINR PGOV MX |
07MEXICO4512 | ECONOMIC COSTS OF HURRICANE DEAN IN MEXICO [...] (SBU) Summary. Thirty-six hours after Hurricane Dean struck land along the southern edge of Mexico's Yucatan peninsula as a category 5 hurricane preliminary assessments show that damage is less than predicted. The tourism industry was minimally affected as the famed Riviera Maya received less [...] | 2007-08-22 22:26:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EAGR ENER PGOV MX |
07MEXICO455 | MEXICAN ELECTRICITY U/S ON LIBERALIZATION, [...] (U) This is an action message, see para 7. 2. (SBU) Summary: Reuben Flores, Mexico's new Undersecretary for Electricity in the Energy Secretariat (SENER) supports further trans-border electrical interconnections between the U.S. and Mexico as long as they make economic sense. On reform [...] | 2007-01-30 19:20:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG MX |
07MEXICO4552 | MEXICO'S 2008 BUDGET PROCESS [...] (SBU) The Calderon administration is required to submit its 2008 budget proposal to Congress by September 8. The Chamber of Deputies has until October 20 to approve the budget,s revenue section and send it to the Senate, which has until October 31 to ratify it. The Chamber must pass the expe [...] | 2007-08-24 22:01:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX |
07MEXICO4554 | UPDATE ON ECONOMIC COSTS OF HURRICANE DEAN IN [...] (U) Pemex has reported that it should complete the inspection of its installations today, August 24. After having examined most of its offshore facilities yesterday, Pemex had not found major damage. Oil and gas production in the Campeche Sound restarted on August 23, and as of 19:00 that da [...] | 2007-08-27 12:26:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EAGR ENER PGOV MX |
07MEXICO4598 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF [...] (SBU) My staff and I warmly welcome you to Mexico City. President Calderon recognizes the broad-ranging challenges his country faces and has the vision and political will to address them strategically. Having completed his first 9 months in office, he has demonstrated resolve in implementing [...] | 2007-08-27 20:06:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV ENRG PREL MX OVIP DANIEL SULLIVAN |
07MEXICO4696 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO PRE-BRIEF MEXICO ON UNDER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-30 19:58:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SNAR PREF PTER PARM EAID ECON OPDC CO MX |
07MEXICO4726 | FDI IN MEXICO EXPECTED TO REACH 23 BILLION USD [...] (U) Summary. The Mexican government revised its foreign direct investment (FDI) forecast for 2007 upward to 23 billion USD after a stronger than expected first half of the year. The manufacturing sector is the number one recipient of FDI, while the United States continues to be the number on [...] | 2007-08-31 19:22:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON EFIN MX |
07MEXICO4815 | EEB A/S SULLIVAN DISCUSSES FISCAL AND PEMEX REFORM [...] (C) In an August 29 meeting with Assistant Secretary for Economic, Energy and Business Affairs Daniel Sullivan, Under Secretary of Finance Alejandro Werner expressed confidence SIPDIS that changes to the proposed Mexican Single Rate Income Tax for businesses (CETU) would allow the tax to be [...] | 2007-09-06 22:04:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX |
07MEXICO4816 | REALISTIC VIEW OF CHALLENGES IN STATE OF UNION [...] (U) On September 2, President Calderon presented his 2007 State of the Union Address (Informe) at the Palacio National. The Informe covered rule of law and security, competitive economy and job creation, equal opportunity, sustainable development, effective democracy and responsible foreign p [...] | 2007-09-06 22:32:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ELAB EFIN PINR MX |
07MEXICO4867 | MEXICAN FINANCE UNDERSECRETARY OPTIMITIC ON ENERGY [...] (SBU) In an August 21 meeting with Congressman Roy Blunt (R-Missouri) Mexican Finance Undersecretary Alejandro Werner (strictly protect throughout) predicted that if fiscal reform goes well, the Calderon Administration would next turn to reform in the energy sector. He explained that Pemex ne [...] | 2007-09-10 19:19:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON MX |
07MEXICO4871 | CALDERON SENDS MEXICO'S 2008 BUDGET PROPOSAL TO [...] (U) President Calderon presented his 2008 federal budget proposal to the Chamber of Deputies on September 8, 2007. The $220-billion spending plan is based on assumptions of 3.5% real GDP growth, inflation of 3.0%, a Mexican oil mix price of USD 46.60 a barrel, and an average nominal exchange r [...] | 2007-09-10 19:21:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX |
07MEXICO4881 | JUSTICE REFORM SEASON OPENS [...] (SBU) Summary: Proposed constitutional changes that briefly became the focus of criticism by human rights lawyers last week are the first step in a protracted effort by the GOM to modernize the administration of justice in Mexico by granting police and prosecutors greater authority and a wide [...] | 2007-09-10 23:03:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON MX |
07MEXICO4970 | MEXICO'S TAX REFORM BILL NEARING ADOPTION [...] (SBU) President Calderon's economic team and political parties, mainly the National Action Party (PAN) and the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI),have reached a consensus on almost all issues included in the tax reform bill. Legislators in the finance committee of the Chamber of Deputie [...] | 2007-09-14 12:12:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX |
07MEXICO4980 | PEMEX PIPELINE ATTACK CAUSES ECONOMIC DAMAGE [...] (U) A series of attacks on Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) gas lines in eastern Mexico have caused large disruptions to production countrywide. The militant group Popular Revolutionary Army (EPR) claimed responsibility and vows continued attacks until their demands are met. Business groups estim [...] | 2007-09-14 15:25:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON EIND PGOV MX |
07MEXICO5044 | MEXICAN CONGRESS APPROVES LONG-SOUGHT TAX REFORM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mexico's Senate approved an overhaul of the country's tax laws on September 14 -- a move that will strengthen public finances and give President Calderon another legislative victory. The Chamber of Deputies has already approved the bill, so most of the reforms only require the [...] | 2007-09-18 20:07:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX |
07MEXICO5161 | FORMATION OF A SECOND MINERS UNION UNDERSCORES [...] SUMMARY: The ongoing saga of Mexico's national miners union (SNTMMSRM) took a significant but little noticed step in late 2006 when a dissident group of approximately 100 people within that labor organization formed a break-away union. Because of the lead up to and the protracted challenge [...] | 2007-09-25 21:39:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PGOV PHUM PINR MX |
07MEXICO5168 | MEXICO CITY,S GOVERNMENT PROPOSES UNEMPLOYMENT [...] SUMMARY: Mexico City,s Mayor, Marcelo Ebrard, recently proposed the creation of an unemployment insurance program for the residents of the Mexican capital. Eligible residents are limited to those that lost a job in the formal economy with eligibility retroactive to December 2006. As proposed [...] | 2007-09-26 17:15:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PGOV PINR SOCI MX |
07MEXICO5242 | CALDERON'S EFFORTS TO COOL INFLATION DRAW MIXED [...] (SBU) President Calderon on September 26 announced several measures aimed at stemming inflation, including postponing the enactment of a new gasoline tax and freezing prices of gasoline, liquid petroleum gas, and electricity until yearend. Mexico's annual inflation rate has remained above the [...] | 2007-10-01 12:23:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN EAGR PINR PGOV MX |
07MEXICO529 | KEY MEXICAN LEADERS AND ACADEMICS DISCUSS ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Two GOM ministers, Bank of Mexico (BOM) Governor Guillermo Ortiz, and leading experts discussed the future of economic policy in Mexico and key economic challenges at seminar hosted by the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM) on January 11, 2007. Finance Secretary Agustin [...] | 2007-02-02 18:15:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV PINR MX |
07MEXICO5367 | MISSION MEXCIO POSTS HOLD FOLLOW-UP MEETINGS WITH [...] SUMMARY: In September, AmConsul Matamoros and Embassy Mexico City,s Labor Counselor held separate follow-up meetings aimed at coordinating actions to combat abuse in the workplace. These follow-ups were the promised next steps to a discussion began on July 20 when AmConsul Matamoros hosted [...] | 2007-10-09 20:25:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB SNAR PGOV ECON PINR SOCI MX |
07MEXICO5406 | AUTO INDUSTRY LABOR DISPUTE RESOLVED DESPITE, NOT [...] SUMMARY: A month,s long auto industry labor dispute was recently settled when the company, Fujikura Automotive Mexico, reached an agreement with disgruntled workers in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila. The dispute began this past June when Fujikura announced plans to layoff its entire [...] | 2007-10-11 16:05:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB ETRD PGOV PINR MX |
07MEXICO5418 | FISCAL REFORM AND OTHER ECONOMC DEVELOPMENTS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Finance Secretariat is preparing a presidential decree that it says will "refine some of the details" of the recently passed fiscal reform package. The decree will adjust the way inventories accumulated by yearend are treated, and gives special treatment to maquiladoras. T [...] | 2007-10-11 19:38:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX |
07MEXICO5419 | CORRECTED COPY - FISCAL REFORM AND OTHER ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Finance Secretariat is preparing a presidential decree that it says will "refine some of the details" of the recently passed fiscal reform package. The decree will adjust the way inventories accumulated by yearend are treated, and gives special treatment to maquiladoras. T [...] | 2007-10-11 19:53:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX |
07MEXICO5428 | MEXICO,S RULING PARTY PROPOSES FREEDOM OF [...] SUMMARY: Mexico,s Federal Labor Law is amazingly detailed with regards to the obligations that employers have towards employees but surprisingly silent when it comes to the obligations the unions have towards their members. Mexican unions are under no obligation to their membership on such th [...] | 2007-10-12 14:13:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PHUM PGOV PINR MX |
07MEXICO5462 | LEADER OF SUGAR WORKERS UNION ENJOYS THE [...] SUMMARY: Observers of Mexico,s organized labor sector and media commentators have both reviled and hailed, Enrique Ramos Rodriguez, the leader of the country,s largest sugar workers union. In many ways Ramos typifies everything average Mexicans most sharply criticize about their country,s la [...] | 2007-10-15 22:14:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EAGR ECON ENRG PGOV PINR MX |
07MEXICO5463 | MEXICO: BIOFUELS UPDATE [...] (SBU) The Agriculture Committee in the lower house of the Mexican Congress is preparing to issue a second draft of a biofuels bill to replace an earlier version vetoed by President Calderon September 1. The newer version should provide a legal framework for ethanol production from palm, sorg [...] | 2007-10-15 22:20:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ENRG EPET MX |
07MEXICO5466 | MEXICAN CONGRESS BUILDS CONFIDENCE DURING ACTIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mexico's legislature has moved beyond its rubber stamp role of years past and begun playing a formative role in the advancement of critical bills. Strong inter-party and party-government dialogue, as well as the powerful impetus provided by the three senior party leaders in the S [...] | 2007-10-16 17:08:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ELAB ENRG PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER SENV |
07MEXICO548 | MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, JANUARY 25 - FEBRUARY 1 [...] (SBU) Commerce Secretary Gutierrez discussed criminalization of commercial disputes, the current tortilla crisis, conformity assessment, competitiveness, the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP),and border cooperation with Secretary Sojo of Economy. Gutierriez learned of a GOM inter [...] | 2007-02-06 16:44:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB ENRG MX PGOV PREL |
07MEXICO5485 | MEXICO AND SPAIN ANNOUNCE PILOT GUEST WORKER [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED 2. (U) Summary: On October 15, the governments of Mexico and Spain announced the establishment of a pilot program that would allow businesses in either country to contract an unlimited number of guest workers. According to the GOM,s Secretary of Labor, the pilo [...] | 2007-10-17 19:19:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON CVIS SOCI PGOV PHUM PINR MX |
07MEXICO5535 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY'S TRIP TO MEXICO [...] (C) Ambassador Garza and Mission Mexico warmly welcome you to Mexico City. Your visit is an opportunity to underscore the broad, deep relationship between the U.S. and Mexico and our appreciation for Calderon's demonstrated leadership. His administration is prioritizing security and economic [...] | 2007-10-20 18:09:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR PTER PINR ECON ELAB ENRG PHUM |
07MEXICO5567 | FINANCIAL SECTOR REFORMS IN THE PIPELINE IN MEXICO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Finance Secretariat (Hacienda) sent a reform initiative to Congress that would allow banks to apply for bank licenses based on the operations they intend to pursue. Banks would only be required to comply with the regulations for the specific activities they perform, and mi [...] | 2007-10-23 22:11:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX |
07MEXICO5614 | MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, OCTOBER 19-26, 2007 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Chamber of Deputies on October 23 approved the 2008 Revenue Bill for a total of 2.57 trillion pesos (USD 236 billion). A PRD proposal to include in the Revenue Bill a provision to establish a government body to control imports and exports of sensitive agricultural products [...] | 2007-10-26 20:47:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB MX PGOV PREL |
07MEXICO5620 | MIGRATION, POVERTY AND OTHER DYNAMICS IN CHIAPAS [...] (C) Summary: Poloff and Econoff explored current political, social, and economic dynamics in Chiapas during recent visits to the state, among Mexico's most culturally and geographically distinct. Although the Zaptista movement of the mid-1990s raised the profile of Chiapas and resulted in inc [...] | 2007-10-26 21:38:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ELAB PHUM MX |
07MEXICO5632 | SUBJ: SUGAR WORKER EARN FAR LESS THAN THEIR UNION [...] SUMMARY: Mexican sugar is one of the most expensive to produce in the world; costing on average almost 2 1/2 times more to produce than its most efficient competitors. A number of reasons exist for this cost difference but one of the most frequently cited causes is Mexico,s largest sugar wo [...] | 2007-10-29 17:45:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EAGR ECON ENGR PGOV PINR MX |
07MEXICO5639 | COMPETING TEXTILE UNIONS DRAW NAFTA COUNTRIES, [...] SUMMARY: A dispute among three labor unions for control of a collective bargaining contract in the southern Mexican state of Puebla has drawn the attention of US and Canadian NGO,s and labor unions as well as the concern of American clothing manufacturers. The dispute began this past May when [...] | 2007-10-29 20:44:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON ETRD KTEX PGOV PHUM PINR MX |
07MEXICO5773 | SECURITY, MIGRATION, AND ELECTIONS IN MICHOACAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-08 18:05:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ECON ELAB PHUM MX |
07MEXICO5858 | CHALLENGES FACING MEXICO'S STOCK EXCHANGE [...] (SBU) On October 29, 2007, the Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV) held its 18th annual convention, which centered on the need to "democratize" the stock market and to increase medium-sized companies, access to capital markets. Finance Secretary Agustin Carstens and Bank of Mexico Governor SIPDIS [...] | 2007-11-15 22:29:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX |
07MEXICO5870 | MEXICAN CONGRESS APPROVES 2008 BUDGET [...] (U) Mexico's Chamber of Deputies (lower house) on November 12 approved a USD 236 billion spending bill, the largest in the country's history. The income part of the budget package was passed by both the Chamber and the Senate last month, but the spending bill only requires lower house passage. [...] | 2007-11-16 20:46:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX |
07MEXICO5880 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL REID TO MEXICO, [...] Welcome to Mexico City. Mexico is key to USG success in combating the trafficking of drugs, persons, arms and precursors, terrorism, and other transnational threats. Since entering office last December, Felipe Calderon's government has moved with unprecedented speed to improve public securit [...] | 2007-11-20 20:03:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON MX PGOV PREL OVIP REID HARRY |
07MEXICO589 | MEXICAN CONGRESS MEMBERS DISCUSS ENERGY REFORM [...] (SBU) The Mexican Autonomous Technological Institute (ITAM) January 22 hosted an energy conference on January 22. The event drew over 100 people, including representatives from all three political parties in Congress, the Mexican Council on International Affairs (Comexi),academia and policy i [...] | 2007-02-07 22:46:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON MX |
07MEXICO59 | MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, DECEMBER 28, 2006 - JANUARY [...] (SBU) The Embassy held its second meeting with new Under Secretary for Communications Rafael del Villar who again SIPDIS asked to exchange views with USG officials on key telecom issues (Refs A and B) National Action Party (PAN) Secretary General Jose Espinosa called for a third television [...] | 2007-01-05 19:53:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB MX PGOV PREL |
07MEXICO5930 | OFFICIAL FIGURES SPIN UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES AND THE [...] SUMMARY: On November 15 INEGI, the GOM,s National Statistics Institute, issued a report stating that during the twelve-month period ending September 2007 Mexico,s official unemployment rate dropped from 4 percent to 3.9 percent. The INEGI report also indicated that during the same twelve-mont [...] | 2007-11-26 22:24:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON SOCI PGOV PINR MX |
07MEXICO5935 | SO FAR UNION DISPUTE HAS LITTLE IMPACT ON FORD [...] SUMMARY: A leadership dispute within what had been the sole union representing all of the workers at Ford Motor Co.,s three production plants in Mexico has, for the most part, had little impact on the car maker,s Mexico operations. The leadership dispute has lead to the formation of a new un [...] | 2007-11-27 15:28:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PGOV EIND EINV PINR MX |
07MEXICO5936 | UNIONS AND JALISCO STATE GOVERNMENT SIGN AGREEMENT [...] SUMMARY: In late October the local offices of several national labor confederations and the government of the western Mexican state of Jalisco signed an agreement aimed at improving the state,s overall labor environment. The agreement called for the unions and the state government to work to [...] | 2007-11-27 15:29:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PGOV PINR PHUM MX |
07MEXICO5979 | AUTO PARTS SUPPLIER AND SUB-CONTRACTOR ACCUSED OF [...] SUMMARY: Johnson Controls Inc., a US based auto parts supplier and One-Digit, its Mexican based sub-contractor have been accused of a series of ongoing labor rights abuses. The Johnson Controls and the One-Digit plants where the abuses are said to be occurring are located in the central Mexic [...] | 2007-11-30 17:42:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON EIND EINV PINR MX |
07MEXICO6009 | RE: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON HOST GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Below please find Post's responses regarding host government's policies toward and capabilities for collection of biographic and biometric data for terrorist screening purposes. The resonses are keyed to the questions per reftel. A. Watchlisting: -- If host government maintains a "w [...] | 2007-12-03 22:05:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC CVIS ECON KVPR MX PGOV PINR PREL PTER |
07MEXICO6024 | STAFFDEL QUILTER: OPTIMISTIC, BUT ASSERTIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: A delegation from the House Foreign Affairs Committee, headed by Professional Staff Member Peter Quilter spent two days in Mexico City (November 26-28) meeting with GOM representatives, legislators, NGO representatives and Embassy officials to discuss the recently proposed Me [...] | 2007-12-04 22:14:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ECON MX |
07MEXICO6027 | STAFFDEL QUILTER VISIT TO MICHOACAN: PROGRESS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 28 and 29, the House Foreign Affairs staff delegation headed by Peter Quilter spent a day and a half in Morelia, Michoacan to discuss the impact of the GOM's counter-narcotics operations in the state and the Merida Initiative with state officials and NGO representat [...] | 2007-12-05 17:59:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ECON MX |
07MEXICO6033 | UNION DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION INITIATIVE EXPANDS TO [...] SUMMARY: In early November AmConsul Hermosillo and Embassy Mexico City,s Labor Counselor met with officials from the CTM, Mexico,s largest labor federation, and with various levels of GOM and NGO officials to discuss the problem of drug abuse in the workplace. This initiative, which is the o [...] | 2007-12-05 19:47:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB SNAR ECON PGOV PINR SOCI MX |
07MEXICO6042 | DEPUTY SECRETARY ENGAGES MEXICAN LEGISLATORS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: At an October 29 dinner with senior members of Mexico,s congress, Deputy Secretary had the opportunity to address some of the issues raised both in the U.S. and Mexico regarding the announced Merida Initiative. While members of the three principal parties in both chambers ind [...] | 2007-12-05 21:12:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON MX |
07MEXICO6043 | DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE HAS CORDIAL MEETINGS [...] Summary: On October 30, Deputy Secretary Negroponte, Assistant Secretary of State Tom Shannon and party met heads of Mexico,s Secretariats of Gobernacion (Interior) and Public Security, as well as with Mexico,s Attorney General. All three GOM officials outlined steps the Calderon administra [...] | 2007-12-05 21:13:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON MX |
07MEXICO6044 | DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE NEGROPONTE MEETS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 30, Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with Mexican human rights groups to address the concerns raised in recent weeks regarding both President Calderon,s approach to law enforcement and the Merida Initiative. He conveyed the U.S. commitment to promoting greater resp [...] | 2007-12-05 21:14:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON MX |
07MEXICO6045 | PUBLIC OUTREACH REINFORCES MISSION PUBLIC [...] (U) Summary: The Deputy Secretary built a robust public diplomacy element into his October 29-30 visit to Mexico City. Two TV interviews and a round table with senior print and broadcast leaders (reported septel) substantially buttressed ongoing mission efforts to build public support for t [...] | 2007-12-05 21:15:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON MX |
07MEXICO6046 | DEPUTY SECRETARY VISIT TO MEXICO DEMONSTRATES [...] (SBU) Summary: This is the first of five cables reporting on the October 29-31 visit to Mexico City by Deputy Secretary Negroponte and Assistant Secretary of State for SIPDIS Western Hemisphere Affairs Tom Shannon. In meetings with government leaders, opinion makers and members of civil [...] | 2007-12-05 21:16:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON MX |
07MEXICO6049 | CODEL REID DISCUSSES IMMIGRATION, SECURITY, AND [...] (C) Senator Harry Reid (D-Nevada),leading a bipartisan Senate delegation, met with Mexican President Felipe Calderon November 29 in Mexico City. The delegation pointed to improving U.S. Mexican relations following Calderon's election. President Calderon called immigration an "economic pheno [...] | 2007-12-06 13:54:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON ETRD MX OVIP PGOV PREL SNAR |
07MEXICO6128 | MEXICAN AND U.S. SENATORS DISCUSS MIGRATION, [...] Summary. Mexican Senate President Santiago Creel extended a bipartisan U.S. delegation headed by Senator Harry Reid an official welcome on the floor of the Mexican Senate November 29. Afterwards, over a lunch hosted by Creel, the leaders of six of Mexico's seven political parties represente [...] | 2007-12-12 15:51:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN ECON ETRD KCRM MX OVIP PGOV PHUM PREL |
07MEXICO6184 | PRESIDENT CALDERON SPEAKS TO ACHIEVEMENTS, [...] Summary. In a series of interviews commemorating his first year in office, President Calderon touted the creation of 800,000 jobs and singled out narco-trafficking as one of Mexico's biggest challenges. The U.S. was assuming greater responsibility on drugs but needed to do more to reduce de [...] | 2007-12-14 22:31:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KCRM SNAR SMIG ECON EINV KDEM PINR |
07MEXICO6185 | MEXICO: ITQ,S DIFFERENT ON THE BORDER [...] Summary. Deputy PolCouns recently traveled to several destinations on the Mexican border with the U.S. as part of an orientation trip. The visit reaffirmed the perception that life in the north of Mexico and, in particular on the border with the U.S., is different from any other place in Me [...] | 2007-12-14 22:55:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KCRM SNAR SMIG ECON EINV KDEM PINR |
07MEXICO6186 | VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARIES SULLIVAN AND LOWERY [...] (C) Summary: Over the course of meetings with prominent Mexican economic opinion leaders within and outside government, a visiting State/Treasury delegation received enthusiastic responses to U.S. ideas to establish an association of free trade partners in the hemisphere to promote competitive [...] | 2007-12-14 23:03:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EFIN PREL MX VE |
07MEXICO6187 | PRIVATE SECTOR OFFICIALS COMMENT ON CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Mexico has made great strides in strengthening its securities regime over the past several years, but additional work is needed to develop these markets. Conversations with local experts show that the following issues hold back growth: restrictions on institutional investors; an ineffi [...] | 2007-12-17 14:39:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX |
07MEXICO6218 | MEXICO SUPPORTS UPDATING AGREEMENT ON NATURAL [...] The Government of Mexico welcomes the opportunity to expand bilateral cooperation to respond to natural or man-made disasters and to update the 1980 agreement entitled "Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United Mexican States on Cooperat [...] | 2007-12-18 22:11:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | AMEX ECON CA MX SENV |
07MEXICO6219 | CONCERNS ABOUT SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES [...] Summary: Concerns about human rights abuses and threats to security posed by drug trafficking collide in Mexico's southern state of Guerrero where Poloff met with a wide range of Mexican congressional representatives, government officials, human rights activists, NGOs and other members of c [...] | 2007-12-19 12:23:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM SNAR ECON PINR MX |
07MEXICO6249 | TOUGH YEAR'S END FOR PRO-COMPETITION FORCES IN [...] (U) See action request para 7. Summary ------- 2. (U) The year closed on a somewhat disappointing note for advocates of greater competition in Mexico. A bill to beef up the penalties the Federal Competition Commission (COFECO) can impose for anti-competitive conduct was allowed to lang [...] | 2007-12-20 22:22:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV MX |
07MEXICO6255 | SONORA MAQUILA UNION BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD [...] SUMMARY: In the north western Mexican state of Sonora a union affiliated with the country,s largest labor federation, the CTM (Confederation of Mexican Workers) finds itself in a very precarious spot. The newly elected leadership of this CTM union is struggling to balance the expectations of [...] | 2007-12-21 17:57:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON SOCI PINS SNAR PHUM MX |
07MEXICO6256 | NEW FINANCIAL SECTOR REFORMS IN MEXICO: A SMALL, [...] (SBU) Mexico's Congress this month approved a series of financial sector reforms, which include creating specialized, "niche" banks and transferring some responsibilities from the Finance Secretariat to the Banking and Securities Commission (CNBV). The reforms have been generally well received [...] | 2007-12-21 18:53:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX |
07MEXICO6285 | PEMEX TECHNICAL STAFF OBJECTS TO INDIVIDUAL WORK [...] SUMMARY: This past July, Petroleos Mexicanos, Mexico,s national petroleum company (Pemex),and the Petroleum Workers Union (STPRM) announced an agreement on a new collective bargaining contract for 2007-2009 (REFTEL). One of the most significant elements of this contract was an agreement betw [...] | 2007-12-28 19:17:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON ENRG EPET PGOV PINR MX |
07MEXICO640 | MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, FEBRUARY 2 - FEBRUARY 9 [...] (SBU) Although the new Mexican Undersecretary for Hydrocarbons told the Embassy he would continue working on the Mesoamerican Energy Initiative, he has not yet assigned staff to the task. Finance Secretariat Undersecretary Werner explained how Mexico could use its oil stabilization fund to [...] | 2007-02-09 21:15:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB MX PGOV PREL |
07MEXICO656 | MEXICO EAGER TO REVISE NAFTA ORIGIN RULES; STILL [...] (C) According to Mexico's top trade official, many of the NAFTA's provisions need to be updated, and she wants North American political leaders to consider re-opening the chapters dealing with market access, rules of origin, and customs treatment, despite the political challenges such an initi [...] | 2007-02-12 16:37:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EAGR ECON MX |
07MEXICO694 | LABOR UNIONS LOBBY FOR EMERGENCY INCREASE IN THE [...] SUMMARY: On December 20, 2006, Mexico,s National Commission on Minimum Wages (CNSM),an agency within the GOM,s Labor Secretariat, announced a wage increase of 3.9 percent for 2007. This wage increase was hailed by Mexico,s private sector but only reluctantly accepted by the country,s organi [...] | 2007-02-13 16:55:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PGOV PINR SOCI MX |
07MEXICO719 | OAXACA CRISIS FADES THOUGH TENSIONS REMAIN [...] (C) Begin Summary: Oaxaca is slowly returning to normal after more than eight months of political, social, and economic crisis, although underlying tensions--particularly in Oaxaca City--remain significant and could reignite conflict if one of the sides makes a serious miscalculation. Visible [...] | 2007-02-14 17:32:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON ELAB PHUM MX |
07MEXICO777 | MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, FEBRUARY 10 - FEBRUARY 16 [...] (U) Missouri Governor Matt Blunt promoted the Kansas City Smart Port on a visit to Mexico City February 12. The Embassy worked successfully to ensure Mexico included petroleum products when it approved a third track of NAFTA rule changes this week, thereby facilitating trade worth roughly US [...] | 2007-02-16 16:25:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB MX PGOV PREL |
07MEXICO804 | MISSOURI GOVERNOR PROMOTES SMART PORT [...] (SBU) The Governor of Missouri visited Mexico City with a delegation to discuss the Kansas City Smart Port, a proposed Mexican government customs house in Kansas City. The group met with Ambassador Garza, Embassy representatives, the Secretary of Finance accompanied by representatives from [...] | 2007-02-16 20:59:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECIN ELTN ETRD EINV MX |
07MEXICO837 | EMBASSY'S SPECIAL 301 RECOMMENDATION FOR MEXICO [...] Summary: Embassy recommends that Mexico remain on the Special 301 Watch List for 2007. Mexico's federal government has made greater efforts to combat piracy and counterfeiting over the past year, but serious obstacles to effective enforcement remain. The new Calderon administration has decla [...] | 2007-02-20 20:26:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON MX |
07MEXICO859 | DISSIDENTS IN SOCIAL SECURITY WORKERS, UNION RENEW [...] SUMMARY: In October 2006, the National Union of Social Security Workers (SNTSS) held a national convention to elect new union leadership. Despite obvious voting irregularities and ultimately violence, the election results were nevertheless confirmed by the administration of Mexico,s then ou [...] | 2007-02-21 17:15:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PHUM PINR MX |
07MEXICO863 | STATE GOVERNOR ACCUSES FORMER PRESIDENT OF [...] SUMMARY: During a recent radio interview the state Governor of Coahuila accused the former president of Mexico of pressuring him in 2006 to falsely accuse the then head of the national miners union of culpability in a mine explosion which left 65 workers dead. The Governor claims the former p [...] | 2007-02-21 19:49:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PHUM PINR MEX |
07MEXICO921 | FEDERAL CIVIL SERVANTS UNION REELECTS LEADER AND [...] SUMMARY: On February 16, Mexico,s federal civil service union federation, (the Federation of Unions of State Workers ) FSTSE),held a national convention to elect, or more specifically, unanimously reelect its Secretary General, Joel Ayala Almeida. This will be Ayala,s third term as the natio [...] | 2007-02-23 17:59:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PGOV PINR MX |
07MEXICO936 | MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, FEBRUARY 16 - FEBRUARY 23 [...] (SBU) The Chamber of Deputies approved a bill that provides for up to 40 years in prison for those convicted of financing terrorist activities. President Calderon tried to address criticism of the January 2008 final opening of the agricultural market under NAFTA by extending and expanding far [...] | 2007-02-23 22:55:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB MX PGOV PREL |
07MEXICO939 | KEY ECONOMIC THEMES FOR THE MARCH VISIT OF [...] (C) The President,s visit comes at critical time as the new Mexican government seeks to set and implement its priorities across many fields. Our common border with Mexico gives us strong common interests, including security and North American economic success. The United States has a great [...] | 2007-02-23 23:05:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP ECON MX |
07MEXICO963 | MEXICO'S LOWER HOUSE APPROVES ANTI-TERROR BILL [...] (SBU) Mexico,s lower house of Congress approved a bill on February 20, 2007 that provides up to 40 years imprisonment for people convicted of financing terrorist groups. The bill, approved 413-12 with six abstentions, establishes terrorism financing and international terrorism as serious crim [...] | 2007-02-26 22:08:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB ENRG MX PGOV PREL |
07MILAN273 | SAVING MALPENSA - THE AIRPORT AFTER ALITALIA [...] (SBU) Alitalia's cost-cutting rescue plan includes deep cuts in service to and from Milan's Malpensa airport, primarily decreasing intercontinental flights. The Lombardy Region (home to Malpensa airport) fears these cuts will change Malpensa from a European hub to regional airport, dooming a [...] | 2007-09-24 12:41:00 | Consulate Milan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ELAB ETRD IT KPRV |
07MILAN329 | ITALIAN INVESTORS READY TO FINANCE ITALO-AMERICAN [...] (SBU) Roberto Formigoni, President of Lombardy Region, told the CG that Italian investors are on board to finance a new airline as a joint venture with an American carrier. He promised the Italians will put up the cash if the Americans put up the expertise. Formigoni is keen to replace Alita [...] | 2007-11-16 12:32:00 | Consulate Milan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ETRD IT KPRV |
07MINSK1003 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - December 07, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Activist Expelled From University (para. 2) - Lebedko Questions Prisoner Klimov's Health (para. 3) - Police Arrest Human Trafficker in Minsk (para. 4) - Loc [...] | 2007-12-07 15:31:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON ENRG KCRM BO |
07MINSK1011 | MULTIPLE ARRESTS AFTER HUNDREDS PROTEST ON OCTOBER [...] (C) Nine activists have been sentenced to up to ten days in jail and opposition party leader Anatoliy Lebedko received minor injuries when security services cracked down after the conclusion of a successful protest against restrictions on small businesses December 10. The demonstration itself [...] | 2007-12-11 13:39:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON PINR BO |
07MINSK1012 | POLL REFLECTS GROWING CONCERN OVER ECONOMY [...] (SBU) According to the latest data from the independent pollster NOVAK, the percentage of the Belarusian public with a positive rating of President Lukashenko has held steady at 41.7 percent. This is the first pause in a yearlong downward trend. Support for opposition politicians, however, re [...] | 2007-12-11 15:08:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON BO |
07MINSK1020 | EBRD ON MICROFINANCE, POWER PROJECTS IN BELARUS [...] (C) The EBRD signed a charter to open a microfinance bank in Minsk Belarus December 12. The bank, with seven investors and start-up capital of USD 7 million, needs 19 permits to begin operation but could be ready for business by mid-2008. In a briefing for the Ambassador, EBRD representatives [...] | 2007-12-13 14:49:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID PINR BO |
07MINSK1025 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - December 14, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - GOB Registers Pro-Regime NGO Belaya Rus (para. 2) - GOB Adopts 2008-2010 Anti-TIP Program (para. 3) - Opposition Party Receives Warning (para. 4) - Signature Campaign [...] | 2007-12-14 16:20:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG KCRM BO |
07MINSK1045 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - December 21, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Market Vendors Conduct Nationwide Strike (para. 2) - Opposition Groups Protest Social Benefit Cuts (para. 3) - BGKB Resumes Malady Front Criminal Case (para. 4) - Smal [...] | 2007-12-21 10:33:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
07MINSK1059 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - December 28, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. The next weekly will come out January 11. Happy New Year! TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Authorities to Approve Undergraduate Matriculation (para. 2) - Polish Catholic Priest Expelled from Belarus ( [...] | 2007-12-28 10:15:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
07MINSK1061 | RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR ON REFORM IN BELARUS: FREE [...] (C) Ambassador met December 19 with Russian Ambassador Aleksandr Surikov to compare notes on recent Presidential interactions with Belarus -- the December 7 White House meeting with a delegation of Belarusian opposition leaders and the December 13-14 visit to Minsk of Vladimir Putin. Surikov, [...] | 2007-12-28 14:15:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PINR BO RS |
07MINSK110 | LUKASHENKO'S "REACHING OUT" TO THE WEST: POSTURING [...] (U) In his latest public appearances on January 25-30, the Belarusian President slammed Russia's energy prices and indicated that his country was ready for a dialogue with the West. In usual form, Lukashenko deflected blame for poor relations with Belarus' neighbors. He admitted that Belarus' [...] | 2007-02-06 12:45:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PHUM BO |
07MINSK123 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - FEBRUARY 8, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - GOB, Ukrainian Vice Premiers Hold Energy Talks (para. 2) - Ukraine Appoints New Ambassador to Belarus (para. 3) - Venezuela to Open Embassy in Belar [...] | 2007-02-09 12:28:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO |
07MINSK152 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - FEBRUARY 20, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - U.S. Citizens Deported from Belarus (para. 2) - Lukashenko Wants to Cooperate with Europe (para. 3) - GOB Delegation Me [...] | 2007-02-20 14:57:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO |
07MINSK156 | BELARUS SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] Summary and recommendation: Post once again recommends placement of Belarus on the watch list for 2007. Little has changed since Post's 2005 Special 301 input (ref A). Pirated optical media remains the norm, being readily available across the country, including in state-owned stores, and enfo [...] | 2007-02-21 16:14:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD ECON BO |
07MINSK159 | ILO SUPPORTS POSTPONING GSP SUSPENSION FOR BELARUS [...] (C) Independent trade union leaders have warned Poloffs in recent meetings that the GOB's "progress" in implementing the International Labor Organization's (ILO) 12 recommendations on improving labor rights is purely cosmetic. However, the ILO has noted some willingness from the GOB to reform [...] | 2007-02-22 15:42:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV ECON PREL PHUM BO |
07MINSK160 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - FEBRUARY 22, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - French Ambassador Seeks Belarus-EU dialogue (para. 2) - Foreign Minister Martynov Visits India (para. 3) CIVIL SOCIETY ------------- - I [...] | 2007-02-22 15:45:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO |
07MINSK163 | SCENESETTER FOR BELARUSIAN OPPOSITION LEADERS' [...] (C) The delegation of leading Belarusian political and civil society activists to the U.S. will provide USG policy makers an insightful and balanced view of the current state of affairs in the democratic opposition camp. The Lukashenko regime's desperate struggle to adapt to significantly hig [...] | 2007-02-23 15:21:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL PHUM BO |
07MINSK18 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JANUARY 5, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS ELECTIONS --------- - Prosecutor Not to Investigate Election Fraud (para. 2) DOMESTIC ECONOMY ---------------- - Finance Ministry to Adjust 2007 Budget (para. 3) - Belarus Worst Country for Ta [...] | 2007-01-09 03:57:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO |
07MINSK182 | INDEPENDENT SURVEYS HAVING EFFECT ON VOTERS [...] (SBU) Independent pollsters Manaev and Vardomatskiy gave Ambassador the results of their latest polling conducted in January. Both pollsters' results indicate that public support for a union with Russia dropped by 10-15 percent to 35 percent. However, support for a closer relationship with th [...] | 2007-03-02 13:09:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON BO |
07MINSK184 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MARCH 1, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - CEI Executive Secretary DG Visits Minsk (para. 2) CIVIL SOCIETY ------------- - State Control Committee Creates Anti-Corrupt Hotline (para. 3) [...] | 2007-03-02 14:18:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO |
07MINSK199 | LUKASHENKO FOR PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA? [...] (SBU) In late February, relatively unknown Moscow artist turned political activist Aleksandr Kanurin announced a movement to nominate Belarusian President Lukashenko as a candidate for the 2008 Russian presidential elections. The movement's website solicits people to register their names and [...] | 2007-03-06 15:03:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PHUM BO RS |
07MINSK204 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MARCH 9, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - GOB Security Council Denies Iran, Syria Arms Sales (para. 2) - GOB Calls ODIHR Monitoring Practices "Biased" (para. 3) CIVIL SOCIETY ------------ [...] | 2007-03-09 14:12:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO |
07MINSK216 | ENTREPRENEURS HOLD SMALL ANTI-GOB RALLY [...] (C) On March 12, 300 small entrepreneurs, mostly market vendors, gathered peacefully to protest new regulations. Executive order number 760, in particular, would force all but the smallest business to re-register and potentially put many out of business. Despite the unanimous opposition to th [...] | 2007-03-13 15:57:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV BO |
07MINSK227 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MARCH 14, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - Belarusian Plane Attacked in Somalia (para. 2) - Lukashenko's Kyiv Visit Postponed (para. 3) - GOB Urges UN HRC to Avoid "Double Standards" (para. 4 [...] | 2007-03-16 15:28:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO |
07MINSK229 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MARCH 14, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - Belarusian Plane Attacked in Somalia (para. 2) - Lukashenko's Kyiv Visit Postponed (para. 3) - GOB Urges UN HRC to Avoid "Double Standards" (para. 4 [...] | 2007-03-19 05:55:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO |
07MINSK247 | BELARUSIAN TRADE STATISTICS FOR 2006: SOLID GROWTH BUT [...] (SBU) Clearly, higher energy prices this year will likely have an adverse and significant impact, but Belarus enjoyed solid growth in foreign trade in 2006. The key driving factors were high world prices on oil and oil products and cheap energy supplies from Russia. Commodity exports and impo [...] | 2007-03-21 11:43:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PREL USTR BO |
07MINSK250 | GOB LIKELY TO SEEK LOANS BEFORE FDI [...] (C) While higher energy prices have not immediately impacted all firms significantly, Belarusian manufacturers have become less competitive. As a result, the GOB will seek to reduce imports. Bureaucratic and philosophical barriers will prevent drawing foreign investment into Belarus via ser [...] | 2007-03-22 08:57:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET PGOV PREL BO |
07MINSK261 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MARCH 22, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - German MP Zapf Seeks Dialogue with Regime (para. 2) - GOB Delegation Arrives in Venezuela (para. 3) - New Ukrainian Ambassador Meets Foreign Ministe [...] | 2007-03-26 11:35:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO |
07MINSK270 | DEFMIN SEEKS USG COOPERATION DESPITE THE OBSTACLES [...] (C) Defense Minister Leonid Maltsev told Ambassador during their first meeting that he would like to deepen the military's interaction with the United States, but he understands the political obstacles to high-level cooperation. The MoD benefited greatly from past USG assistance, and Maltsev [...] | 2007-03-29 12:43:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET PGOV PREL BO |
07MINSK272 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MARCH 29, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - Bodies from GOB Plane Attacked in Somalia to Return (para. 2) - Venezuela Considers Buying Missiles from Belarus (para. 3) CIVIL SOCIETY -------- [...] | 2007-03-30 13:55:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO |
07MINSK290 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - APRIL 05, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - Minsk Oil Extraction Deals Outside Russia-"Propaganda" (para. 2) - Latvia to Demand Compensation for Fuel Spill (para. 3) - Parliament Approves Visa [...] | 2007-04-05 15:36:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO |
07MINSK296 | GOB MOVING SLOWLY TO ATTRACT INVESTMENT [...] (C) The government of Belarus announced its hopes to attract greater investment and to expand the share of foreign investment in the economy. However, the GOB has not undertaken any new initiatives to make the business climate more favorable for foreign investors. Systemic barriers and overa [...] | 2007-04-06 14:01:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BO |
07MINSK298 | URBAN HOUSING IN BELARUS: MORE UNAFFORDABLE THAN [...] (U) Housing prices in Belarus have risen higher than in any other sector of the country's economy. In addition to higher energy and raw material costs affecting many sectors, independent experts blame the government's tighter control over residential housing and land. They also believe the [...] | 2007-04-06 15:17:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON PGOV BO |
07MINSK304 | LUKASHENKO SEEKS TO ASSUAGE CONCERNS OVER PERSONAL [...] (SBU) During his latest speeches on April 4-9, Lukashenko emphasized that he remains in firm control of the country. Lukashenko stated that while the recent oil and gas conflict had caused problems for the economy, these problems would soon be overcome and forgotten. He declared that recent e [...] | 2007-04-12 08:29:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON BO |
07MINSK307 | LUKASHENKO RECONFIRMS HIS PLAN TO REMAIN PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) During a press conference with independent and state media on April 12, Lukashenko denied rumors that he was grooming one of his two legitimate sons for the presidency, stressing that he plans to remain in power for the "foreseeable future." During his most recent statements to the pres [...] | 2007-04-13 15:38:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON PHUM BO |
07MINSK336 | GOB STILL FINDS ENERGY SOLUTION ELUSIVE [...] (C) Press speculation that the government will institute measures to make refining oil in Belarus for export profitable despite export duties masks the fact that the country cannot support its two refineries in the long-term. Moreover, recent official GOB visits to oil exporting countries will [...] | 2007-04-25 15:12:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET PGOV PREL BO |
07MINSK337 | BELARUSIAN ECONOMY WEAK BUT STABLE, VISITING DAS [...] (C) Belarusian economists and business leaders told visiting EUR DAS Kramer the Belarusian economy, while weak, would remain stable. The slightly dampened economy might cause Lukashenko finally to consider one or two multibillion-dollar privatizations this year to raise revenues. Corruption, [...] | 2007-04-25 15:15:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BO |
07MINSK341 | APOLITICAL PRO-BUSINESS NGO STUNTED BY GOB [...] (SBU) At its annual congress on April 20, members of the Belarusian Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers, the most influential business association in the country, discussed factors diminishing the ability of the NGO to effectively promote the interests of its 162 member companies. The plight [...] | 2007-04-26 14:17:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PREL BO |
07MINSK349 | LUKASHENKO'S ANNUAL SPEECH FOCUSES ON [...] (U) In his annual address to the Belarusian parliament, President Lukashenko announced plans to prevent future energy crises, which include diversifying Belarus' energy supplies, building a nuclear power plant, and encouraging Belarusians to be thriftier. Naming China as Belarus' number one i [...] | 2007-04-27 18:46:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON PHUM BO |
07MINSK353 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - APRIL 26, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Leaders Warned for March 25 Demonstration (para. 2) - Parliament Adopts Changes to Political Party/NGO Law (para. 3) - Pro-Democratic Historians to Establish [...] | 2007-04-30 14:35:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO |
07MINSK354 | POLLING RESULTS: LUKASHENKO SUPPORT REMAINS HIGH IN WAKE OF [...] According to latest polling results of independent pollster Andrey Vardomatskiy, Lukashenko's public support remains at 51.3% while de facto coalition leader Milinkevich's support rating dwindles to 4.0%. A large portion of respondents approve of Lukashenko's handling of the gas-oil conflict a [...] | 2007-04-30 14:36:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON BO |
07MINSK358 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MAY 3, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Former Political Prisoner Banned From Traveling Abroad (para. 2) - Over 4,500 Signatures Collected to Challenge the Religion Law (para. 3) - GOB to Review Former Monas [...] | 2007-05-04 08:48:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO |
07MINSK391 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MAY 11, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS International Relations ----------------------- - EC Office in Minsk Not Sign of Softness on GOB (para. 2) - Lukashenko Ratifies Kyoto Protocol (para. 3) Civil Society ------------- - Supreme [...] | 2007-05-14 08:00:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO |
07MINSK412 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MAY 18, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Activists Protest Children's Benefits Cut (para. 2) - Opposition Calls for Solidarity with Indicted Youth (para. 3) - Opposition Seeks Legal Action against P [...] | 2007-05-18 08:03:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO |
07MINSK416 | MR. AHMADINEJAD COMES TO MINSK MAY 21 [...] (C) Iranian President Ahmadinejad will pay a two-day visit Minsk starting May 21. Post understands Tehran will seek to equip its military -- through purchases of weapons and dual-use technologies, expanding the presence of Belarusian companies producing dual use manufactures, and training Ira [...] | 2007-05-18 12:45:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EPET BO IR |
07MINSK425 | AHMADINEJAD IN MINSK: PARIAHS SEEK ECONOMIC TIES [...] (SBU) During President Ahmadinejad's May 21-22 visit to Minsk, Belarus and Iran signed a wide range of economic agreements. The deal with the most potential significance grants Belarus access to the Jofeir oilfield. Any arms sales were not made public. Only significant military exports from [...] | 2007-05-23 10:01:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR ECON EPET BO IR |
07MINSK430 | ACTIVISM LIVES ON IN THE SOUTHERN MINSK REGION [...] (C) A trip to Belarus' most prominent mining town, Soligorsk, and neighboring areas revealed significant opposition activism despite the usual repression by local authorities. The independent union at the potash mining giant Belaruskaliy boasted that over 20 percent of the company's employees [...] | 2007-05-23 14:27:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV ECON BO |
07MINSK442 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MAY 25, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - GOB Fines Third Organizer of Chernobyl March (para. 2) - Opposition Campaign to Commemorate Vitebsk Purges (para. 3) International Relations ----------------------- [...] | 2007-05-25 10:57:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO |
07MINSK458 | CUTS TO SOCIAL BENEFITS ON THE HORIZON [...] (C) Cuts to in-kind benefits scheduled to take effect in 2008 would reduce subsidies to two-thirds of Belarusians. The government likely undertook the measure in light of its budgetary savings, however modest. While affected groups have mounted small protests, the overall reaction to the cuts [...] | 2007-05-30 13:35:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PHUM BO |
07MINSK464 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - June 1, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Activists Protest Abolition of Social Benefits (para. 2) - Protestant Pastors Face Intensified Harassment (para. 3) - Youth Activists Protest Old Town Demolition in Gro [...] | 2007-06-01 14:47:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO |
07MINSK481 | IMF: ENERGY COST INCREASES DEMAND STRUCTURAL REFORM [...] (SBU) The annual IMF mission to Belarus terms 2007 a new economic era for the country with higher energy costs possibly knocking 5.5 percent off of GDP growth. Although the IMF notes some GOB short-term policies softened the blow, only more thorough tightening will head off the danger of the [...] | 2007-06-07 12:27:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PREL BO |
07MINSK486 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - June 8, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Protests Benefits Cuts for Children (para. 2) - Holocaust Memorial Unveiled at Former Ghetto Site (para. 3) - Youth Activists Receive Short Jail Sentences (p [...] | 2007-06-08 12:38:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO |
07MINSK510 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - June 15, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Activists Arrested and Fined in Vitebsk (para. 2) - Youth Activist Fined in Mogilev (para. 3) - Women Support Activist Shatsikova's Parental Rights (para. 4) [...] | 2007-06-15 10:07:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO |
07MINSK52 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JANUARY 17, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. This report covers events from January 8 to January 19. TABLE OF CONTENTS GOVERNMENT ---------- - Lukashenko Appoints Son to Belarus' Security Council (para. 2) - Parliamentary Session on Election Commission (para. 3 [...] | 2007-01-19 14:28:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO |
07MINSK542 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - June 22, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS International Relations ----------------------- - South African Delegation Visits Belarus (para. 2) Civil Society ------------- - Minsk Authorities Want to Remove Small Retail Kiosks (para. 3) [...] | 2007-06-22 13:38:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO |
07MINSK551 | BELARUS HOPES TO REVERSE GSP SUSPENSION [...] (U) The GOB has responded relatively tamely to the June 21 suspension of the EU's General System of Preferences (GSP) for Belarus. Although a loss to the country's budget, independent analysts doubt the annual impact will amount to more than USD 67 million. However, Belarus' image will suffe [...] | 2007-06-28 09:31:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV ECON PREL PHUM BO |
07MINSK561 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - June 29, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS International Relations ----------------------- - GOB and Russian FMs Discuss Union, Missile Shield (para. 2) - Official Israeli Delegation Arrives in Minsk (para. 3) - Vietnam Military Delegation V [...] | 2007-06-29 14:20:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO |
07MINSK575 | AMBASSADOR'S TRIP TO GOMEL STRESSFUL, REWARDING [...] (SBU) Ambassador on June 20-21 made an introductory visit to Gomel and Rechitsa to deliver a shipment of western medicines to an oncology center and meet with authorities and civil society activists. Hospitable authorities praised local economic growth and sought greater U.S. investment. Poli [...] | 2007-07-06 12:20:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PHUM BO |
07MINSK576 | CHAVEZ IN MINSK, THE NEW CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE [...] (C) Belarusian coverage of Hugo Chavez's visit to Minsk focused on the Venezuelan's "anti-imperialist" rhetoric. The militaristic tone of the trip lends credence to suggestions Venezuela will acquire Belarusian dual-use technologies with applications for anti-aircraft systems. As for non-mili [...] | 2007-07-06 12:49:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV BO |
07MINSK577 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - July 06, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS International Relations ----------------------- - Iranian Military Delegation Comes to Belarus (para. 2) - South Korean Trade Delegation in Minsk (para. 3) Civil Society ------------- - Opposi [...] | 2007-07-06 12:57:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO |
07MINSK601 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - July 13, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Top Election Official Rules Out Dialogue with Opposition (para. 2) - Civil Society Activist Loses Lawsuit, Remains Expelled (para. 3) - Youth Opposition Activist Faces J [...] | 2007-07-13 11:00:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO |
07MINSK635 | Embassy Minsk Weekly Pol/Econ Report - July 19, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Adopts Parliamentary Elections Guidelines (para. 2) - Daughters Visit Kozulin (para. 3) - Polish Journalist Banned Entry to Belarus (para. 4) - Union of Left- [...] | 2007-07-20 13:49:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO |
07MINSK65 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JANUARY 2617, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS CIVIL SOCIETY ------------- - Gomel Opposition Files Suit against Election (para. 2) - GOB Detains and Drafts Youth Activists (para. 3) INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ---------------------------------- [...] | 2007-01-26 13:35:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO |
07MINSK650 | GOB EXPLORES TARGETS FOR THREATS TO U.S. BUSINESS [...] (C) Belarusian authorities have begun preliminary investigation into options for carry through on threats made by Lukashenko to retaliate against U.S. businesses if the USG strengthens its sanction regime. Officials claiming to represent the tax authorities asked Coca-Cola and McDonald's to d [...] | 2007-07-26 07:33:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BO |
07MINSK652 | LESSON FROM MOLODECHNO: DO NOT BUY BRICKS [...] (SBU) During a July 19 visit to Molodechno, city officials informed Acting Pol/Econ Chief and Poloff about their city's booming economy, cultural richness, and attractiveness to foreigners. Local political party representatives painted a different picture and lambasted the same city officials [...] | 2007-07-27 07:59:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PHUM BO |
07MINSK654 | Embassy Minsk Weekly Pol/Econ Report - July 26, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Solidarity Road Tour Participants Detained (para. 2) - Opposition Movement Denied Registration (para. 3) - GOB to Establish Nuclear Regulatory Agency (para. 4) - Forensi [...] | 2007-07-27 09:30:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO |
07MINSK656 | PA AIDE: IT SECTOR SUCCESSES NOT TRANSFERABLE [...] (C) Former Belarusian Ambassador to the United States turned IT promoter Valeriy Tsepkalo provided Ambassador an overview of his High Tech Park. Tsepkalo discounted the possibility of Belarus recreating similar pro-business conditions in other sectors of the economy in the near future. He al [...] | 2007-07-27 13:28:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BO |
07MINSK678 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - AUGUST 3, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Neo-Nazi Activist Jailed (para. 2) - Disabled Children Seek Greater State Support (para. 3) - Two Protestants Briefly Detained (para. 4) - Human Rights NGO Seeking Re- [...] | 2007-08-03 12:10:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO |
07MINSK687 | GRODNO OPPOSITION UNIFIED, LOCAL GOB OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) Ambassador recently traveled to two cities in Belarus' western Grodno region to survey the local political and economic landscape. The regional authorities were predictably optimistic about Belarus' economic development and foreign investment. Meanwhile, local pro-democracy forces rem [...] | 2007-08-09 13:24:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PHUM BO |
07MINSK689 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - August 10, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Malady Front Appeals Registration Denial (para. 2) - Human Rights Group to Assist Political Victims (para. 3) - Minsk Authorities Deny Application for Demonstration (pa [...] | 2007-08-10 12:38:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
07MINSK696 | PINT-SIZED PRIVATIZATIONS UNDER WAY WHILE [...] (C) August could become a relatively significant month for privatizations. An Austrian company apparently fronting for Belarusians will purchase a controlling packet in an ailing bicycle factory. More significantly, potential investors submitted bids for one of the country's largest breweries [...] | 2007-08-13 14:09:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BO |
07MINSK711 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - August 17, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Demographic Trends (para. 2) - Entrepreneurs Resolve to Strike and Defend Rights (para. 3) - Independent Editor Faces Criminal Charges (para. 4) - Polish Officials Den [...] | 2007-08-17 13:36:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
07MINSK72 | KEEPING THE ECONOMY AFLOAT SANS CHEAP ENERGY? [...] (C) Economists' forecasts for Belarus in the wake of significant energy import price rises vary greatly. Those most optimistic about the economy's prospects focus on the relatively benign budget implications for 2007 and the ability of Lukashenko to dictate adjustments. Pessimists note the m [...] | 2007-01-30 09:28:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET PGOV PREL BO |
07MINSK724 | JUDICIAL ASSAULT ON BELARUSIAN YOUTH ACTIVISTS [...] (C) On August 23, a GOB court sentenced opposition youth organization Malady Front founder Pavel Severinets to his second 15-day jail sentence since his recent release from internal exile. Severinets' deputies believe the Lukashenko regime is attempting to prevent the youth leader from organ [...] | 2007-08-24 08:25:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PHUM BO |
07MINSK728 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - August 24, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Neo-Nazis Threaten Vitebsk Activist (para. 2) - Police Prevent Solidarity Demonstration (para. 3) - Vendors Hold Spontaneous Protest at Minsk Market (para. 4) - Opposi [...] | 2007-08-24 13:44:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
07MINSK733 | VITEBSK OFFICIALS' OPTIMISM SHROUDS CONTINUED [...] (SBU) Poloffs recently traveled to two cities in Belarus' Vitebsk region to survey the local political and economic landscape. The regional authorities were generally optimistic about the region's economic performance and potential for foreign investment, particularly in its Free Economic Zo [...] | 2007-08-27 13:48:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PHUM BO |
07MINSK758 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - AUGUST 31, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Several Demonstrations for Kozulin Release Banned (para. 2) - Opposition Youth Fined for Leaflets (para. 3) - Police Detain Youths for Pro-Opposition Graffiti (para. 4) [...] | 2007-09-05 11:51:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
07MINSK770 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 7, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Pro-GOB Youth Union Reports on Successes (para. 2) - Opposition Leaders Harassed in Brest (para. 3) - Opposition Youth Sentenced to Jail and Fines (para. 4) - Free-Lan [...] | 2007-09-07 13:38:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
07MINSK771 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 7, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Pro-GOB Youth Union Reports on Successes (para. 2) - Opposition Leaders Harassed in Brest (para. 3) - Opposition Youth Sentenced to Jail and Fines (para. 4) - Free-Lan [...] | 2007-09-07 13:39:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
07MINSK783 | OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-13 07:07:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL ECON OSCE BO |
07MINSK786 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - September 14, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Leader Jailed and Fined (para. 2) - Three Activists Receive Jail Sentences (para. 3) - GOB Introduces Residential Registration (para. 4) - Soligorsk Miners [...] | 2007-09-13 13:07:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
07MINSK787 | DEMONSTRATION AGAINST HIRING RESTRICTIONS [...] (SBU) On September 10, several hundred small entrepreneurs gathered peacefully to protest an executive order which will limit entrepreneurs to employing only family members. The Perspektiva small business association and retail vendors' councils from several cities throughout the country organ [...] | 2007-09-13 13:08:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV BO |
07MINSK796 | CHANGE COMING TO BELARUS WITH OR WITHOUT CIVIL [...] (SBU) The fledging Belarusian Institute for Strategic Studies (BISS) held its inaugural conference September 10-12 in Kyiv. The conference represents the first attempt to gather the full spectrum of independent political and social analysts of Belarus, without GOB or political participants, t [...] | 2007-09-17 12:01:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG BO |
07MINSK799 | MOGILYOV OFFICIALS PLAY NICE, REQUEST ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Poloffs recently traveled to two cities in Belarus' Mogilyov region to survey the local political and economic landscape. The regional authorities emphasized stability and were generally optimistic about the region's development, at the same time taking every opportunity to solicit mone [...] | 2007-09-19 07:25:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PHUM BO |
07MINSK8 | A STIFF LUKASHENKO SENDS A MELANCHOLIC NEW YEAR'S MESSAGE [...] (SBU) An exhausted-looking Lukashenko on December 31 delivered his yearly New Year's address to Belarusians before the stroke of midnight. Standing stiffly next to a fireplace mantle and eyes noticeably shifting to the teleprompter behind the camera, Lukashenko slowly, without his infamous "ch [...] | 2007-01-05 07:38:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON PHUM BO |
07MINSK809 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - September 21, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS International Relations ----------------------- - Syria to Open Embassy in Minsk, Expand Ties (para. 2) Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Youth Arrested, Fined, and Expelled (para. 3) - [...] | 2007-09-21 11:07:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
07MINSK810 | WORLD BANK: BELARUS ECONOMY NOT IN DANGER -- YET [...] (SBU) In a World Bank Country Assistance Team meeting with the diplomatic corps, World Bank Country Director Paul Bermingham stated that the macroeconomic situation in Belarus is "serious, but not life-threatening", that economic growth is real, but foreign reserve levels are not ideal. Bermin [...] | 2007-09-21 11:13:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL BO |
07MINSK825 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - September 28, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Leaflets against Edicts Seized at Market (para. 2) - Corruption Case Sent to Supreme Court (para. 3) - Activist Hospitalized After Arrest (para. 4) - Participants of F [...] | 2007-09-27 16:33:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
07MINSK849 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - October 05, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Protests Social Benefits Cuts (para. 2) - Jailed Opposition Leader's Daughter Fired (para. 3) - Parliament's Lower House Elects New Speaker (para. 4) - Loca [...] | 2007-10-05 15:10:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
07MINSK863 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - October 12, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Authorities Permit March with Route Modification (para. 2) - UCP Office Raided after OSCE Speech (para. 3) - European March Organizer Sentenced to Jail (para. 4) - Dem [...] | 2007-10-11 15:03:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
07MINSK886 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - October 19, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Polish Minority Leaders Arrested in Grodno (para. 2) - Supreme Court Denies Leftist Union Registration (para. 3) - Milinkevich Founds European Integration Council (para [...] | 2007-10-19 16:16:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
07MINSK893 | NEAR-TERM ECONOMIC COLLAPSE UNLIKELY - ANALYSTS [...] (C) Belarusian economic experts do not foresee the imminent collapse of the Belarusian economy, in spite of price hikes for imported Russian natural gas. During an October 18 meeting with the Ambassador, economic analysts predicted that the Belarusian economy could sustain expected gas price [...] | 2007-10-23 15:21:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EFIN PINR BO |
07MINSK904 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - October 26, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Party Establishes Youth Wing (para. 2) - Activists Protest Expulsions (para. 3) - Activist Re-Arrested Immediately Following Release (para. 4) - Commemorati [...] | 2007-10-26 14:48:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
07MINSK917 | MCC INDICATOR SCORES DELIVERED TO BELARUS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-02 16:14:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KMCA MCC BO |
07MINSK918 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - November 02, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Activists Mark Remembrance Day (para. 2) - Police Seize Materials Ahead of Social March (para. 3) - Opposition Youth Examined by Psychiatrists (para. 4) - Authorities [...] | 2007-11-02 16:15:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
07MINSK929 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - November 09, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition to Hold 1,500 Rallies in Mid-December (para. 2) - Gomel District Court Upholds University Expulsion (para. 3) - Christian Democracy Conference Held in Minsk [...] | 2007-11-08 15:47:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
07MINSK950 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - November 16, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - BPF Convention to Be Held in Minsk (para. 2) - Apparent Neo-Nazis Disrupt Polish Embassy Reception (para. 3) - GOB Bans Subscription to Major Russian Periodicals (para. [...] | 2007-11-16 17:03:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
07MINSK96 | KEEPING THE ECONOMY AFLOAT SANS CHEAP ENERGY? [...] (C) Economists' forecasts for Belarus in the wake of significant energy import price rises vary greatly. Those most optimistic about the economy's prospects focus on the relatively benign budget implications for 2007 and the ability of Lukashenko to dictate adjustments. Pessimists note the m [...] | 2007-02-01 19:09:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET PGOV PREL BO |
07MINSK967 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - November 23, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Polish Priest Faces Deportation (para. 2) - Activists Authorized to Mark Slutsk Uprising (para. 3) - Activist Wins Appeal in Supreme Court (para. 4) - Pro-Regime "Bela [...] | 2007-11-23 15:39:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
07MINSK983 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - November 30, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Blacklisted Musicians Meet Chief Ideology Officer (para. 2) - Three Poles Expelled from Belarus (para. 3) - Business Activists Jailed (para. 4) - Family Describes Kozu [...] | 2007-11-30 14:41:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
07MINSK993 | NATIONAL BANK CHAIR MAY SUCCEED SIDORSKIY AS PM [...] (C) While talk of the imminent sacking of Belarusian Premier Sergey Sidorskiy has circulated for some time, rumors are increasing regarding one likely successor, Chairman of the Board of the National Bank of Belarus Pyotr Prokopovich. A civil engineer by training, Prokopovich is a long-time [...] | 2007-12-05 14:42:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PINR BO |
07MONROVIA1033 | LIBERIA: REQUEST FOR AIRPORT SURVEY AND ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since signing an Open Skies agreement with the United States in February 2007, the Government of Liberia (GOL) is eager to initiate direct air service between the United States and Liberia. However, the security, safety, systems, and immigration shortfalls at the Robertsfiel [...] | 2007-08-22 17:01:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV FAA LI |
07MONROVIA1070 | LIBERIA: FISHERIES SECTOR UPDATE [...] SUMMARY: Liberia's fisheries sector is seeking to improve regulatory oversight and enhance monitoring and surveillance capacity following years of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing activities that have damaged the fishing industry and raided Liberia's abundant marine resources. Des [...] | 2007-09-04 17:06:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS ECON ETRD ASEC EAID PGOV LI |
07MONROVIA1071 | LIBERIA: LEGISLATURE DELAYS RECESS TO ADDRESS CRUCIAL [...] SUMMARY: The Liberian National Legislature has delayed its annual "agricultural break" by one month, to September 30, at the request of the President in order to deliberate several bills introduced at the end of the regular session. Bills before the Senate include acts to create a Legislative [...] | 2007-09-05 09:43:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM ECON LI |
07MONROVIA1135 | LIBERIA: RESULTS REPORT: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE KIMBERLEY [...] SUMMARY: UN Sanctions on the Liberian diamond sector were lifted in April of this year following the Kimberley Process 3rd Expert Review Mission findings that Liberia met the minimum requirements of the KPCS. The mission report detailed further preparations necessary to ensure that internal con [...] | 2007-09-27 16:36:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN ECON PGOV EAID LI |
07MONROVIA1201 | LIBERIA: AGOA COUNTRY ELIGIBILITY RECOMMENDATIONS 2008 [...] Following is the text of Embassy Monrovia's AGOA recommendations. The text has also been e-mailed to AF/EPS and USTR. Country: LIBERIA Current AGOA Status: Eligible Country Background Summary: Liberia has a government that was democratically elected in multi-party elections in October/N [...] | 2007-10-12 07:06:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD LI |
07MONROVIA1293 | LIBERIA: REHABILITATING A TROUBLED BUT PROPITIOUS MARITIME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Liberian maritime sector has a unique and vibrant past, but years of war and neglect have taken a toll on the fishing industry (ref A),the port (ref B),and overall maritime control and security inside Liberia's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Although Liberia's U.S.-based [...] | 2007-10-29 10:58:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EWWT EFIS PHSA SENV LI |
07MONROVIA1297 | LIBERIA PLANS TO INCREASE MANO RIVER UNION COOPERATION [...] SUMMARY: Liberia has assumed the chairmanship of the Mano River Union (MRU) and will promote economic integration in addition to the traditional focus on security. The GOL plans to encourage Cote d'Ivoire to become a full member of the union, and will propose a free trade zone along the MRU bo [...] | 2007-10-29 16:58:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON LI |
07MONROVIA1319 | LIBERIA: FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-06 07:48:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC ECON EFIN LI |
07MONROVIA1348 | LIBERIA: MCC SCORECARD DELIVERED; GOL EAGER FOR THRESHOLD [...] (SBU) Summary: Econoff delivered Liberia's MCC scorecard and reftel points to Minister of Commerce and Industry Frances Johnson Morris during an introductory call. There has been press reporting here on President Sirleaf's appeal, during her recent meetings with the President and others in W [...] | 2007-11-16 16:22:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON ETRD KMCA MCC PHUM LI |
07MONROVIA1424 | LIBERIA: GOL CONSULTS CITIZENS ON POVERTY [...] (U) SUMMARY. Liberians want roads, healthcare, and education, and they still don't feel secure. The GOL held two-day consultations with stakeholders in each of Liberia's 15 counties as part of the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) process. For the first time, Liberians nationwide had a chanc [...] | 2007-12-20 15:26:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PRGOV PREL EAID EFIN ECON LI |
07MONROVIA1439 | LIBERIA - SUPREME COURT RULING ENDS FIRESTONE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Firestone employees ended their occasionally violent two-week strike and returned to work December 22 following a Supreme Court ruling that settled an internal union leadership dispute. The Court upheld the July 7 election of new leadership for the Firestone Allied Agricultural [...] | 2007-12-28 11:48:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PHUM PGOV LI |
07MONROVIA289 | LIBERIA: US/CHINA DIALOGUE ON AFRICA [...] (C) In general, Chinese assistance to Liberia tends to be well-publicized one-off contributions of goods, technical assistance, infrastructure, and exchanges, rather than sustained donor engagement in strengthening specific institutions or sectors. Since 2003, China has provided peacekeepers [...] | 2007-03-02 13:28:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN PREL CH LI |
07MONROVIA496 | LIBERIA STUMBLES IN EFFORT TO PASS TELECOMMUNICATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There are indications that comprehensive but flawed legislation to regulate Liberia's telecommunications market is close to a final vote. The late inclusion of a few, but significant, anti-competitive measures raises concern that the Act may have an immediate impact on current GS [...] | 2007-04-27 13:34:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECON PGOV ETRD EINV LI |
07MONROVIA591 | LIBERIA: SCENE SETTER FOR HDAC CODEL [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes the May 31-June 2 visit of the House Democracy Assistance Commission (HDAC) congressional delegation. Liberia is at a critical moment in its history, emerging from 14 years of civil war under a democratically elected government that has been in office a year and a half. [...] | 2007-05-18 15:53:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID ECON LI |
07MONROVIA599 | LIBERIA'S CONTROVERSIAL LEGISLATIVE AUTONOMY ACT [...] (SBU) The Senate introduced a bill entitled "An Act to Amend Certain Provisions of the Legislative Law to Provide Financial Autonomy to the Legislature," which it passed on April 23, 2007. The House of Representatives passed the bill on April 24, 2007. (See text of Act in paragraph 5). The j [...] | 2007-05-21 18:05:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ECON LI |
07MONROVIA610 | SHIP "STOLEN" FROM LIBERIAN WATERS NOT AN [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 11, unknown assailants "stole" the Saint Vincent-flagged M/V "Tahoma Reefer" from its anchorage in Liberian waters and proceeded to tow the vessel towards the Ivory Coast. United Nations Police (UNPOL) and the Liberian National Police (LNP) arrested two individuals (one o [...] | 2007-05-23 09:56:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EWWT LI PGOV PHSA |
07MONROVIA620 | GOL PRESENTS DRAFT BUDGET TO THE LEGISLATURE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 16, 2007, President Johnson Sirleaf presented the draft Fiscal Year 2007/08 National Budget to the National Legislature. The draft budget amounts to US$183 million and reflects a 40 percent increase in revenues compared to the 2006/07 budget. The increase in the budget refle [...] | 2007-05-24 15:58:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD EINV LI |
07MONROVIA638 | LIBERIA: UPDATE ON LABOR LAW REFORM [...] Summary. A revised version of section 1508.3 of the Liberian labor code, which regulates dismissal without cause, will go back to the Liberian legislature for debate. Passage of the amended code was stalled in October 2006 after the Ministry of Labor decided to make further revisions. The new [...] | 2007-05-31 08:21:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EINV ELAB LI |
07MONROVIA745 | LIBERIAN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PASSES ACT RESTRICTING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Liberia's House of Representatives passed the National Technical Committee (NTC) Act on June 19, and has sent it to the Senate for concurrence. According to the Act, the NTC would have the exclusive administrative authority to supervise the award of all government related constr [...] | 2007-06-22 13:07:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EINV EAID LI |
07MONROVIA889 | LIBERIA LEGISLATURE MOVES ONE STEP CLOSER TO PASSING [...] (U) SUMMARY. On July 18 the House of Representatives passed the draft 2007/2008 National Budget and forwarded the document to the Senate for concurrence. Senate President Pro Tempore Isaac Nyanabo suggested the budget debate could continue at least another week. The budget passed by the House [...] | 2007-07-23 16:40:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EINV LI |
07MONROVIA896 | LIBERIA: INDEPENDENCE DAY TO MARK THE ECONOMIC [...] SUMMARY: In advance of celebrations marking the 160th anniversary of Liberian Independence on July 26, Emboffs traveled to Grand Bassa county on July 6-7, visiting the capital of Buchanan, Liberia's second largest port, and the Liberian Agricultural Company (LAC),the second largest rubber pl [...] | 2007-07-24 16:08:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | AID ECON LI PGOV |
07MONROVIA902 | VISIT TO LIBERIA BY DAS TODD MOSS - JULY 11 - 17, [...] (U) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Todd Moss visited Liberia July 11-17, and met with leaders from the Government of Liberia (GOL),business and banking representatives, members of the legislative opposition, UNMIL and international partners, and directors from key se [...] | 2007-07-25 18:50:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EAID ECON EFIN ENRG EWWT LI MAS MCAP |
07MONROVIA910 | LIBERIA: SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL LOWEY [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes the August 16, 2007 visit of the Congressional delegation led by Representative Nita Lowey, Chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations. Liberia is at a critical moment in its history, emerging from 14 years of civil war under a d [...] | 2007-07-27 15:17:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PGOV PREL EAID ECON LI |
07MONROVIA960 | LIBERIA ECONOMIC BRIEFS -- August 2007 [...] (U) Following is a summary of recent economic and commercial developments in Liberia. ---------------------- PRESIDENT SIGNS BUDGET ---------------------- 2. (U) President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf signed into law the FY2007-08 national budget on July 31. The US$199.3 million budget is ov [...] | 2007-08-02 16:01:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EPET ETRD EINV EFIN ASEC EAID LI |
07MONTERREY122 | COMMERCIALIZING MONTERREY'S PRIVATE AIRPORT: A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With an influx of new airlines, Monterrey's International Airport has built new passenger and cargo terminals in a bid to become a regional and international aviation hub. However, this expansion may be limited by Monterrey's high aviation fees and limited number of runways. [...] | 2007-02-16 00:21:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EINT BTIO MX |
07MONTERREY130 | DRUG VIOLENCE CONTINUES IN NORTHERN MEXICO DESPITE MILITARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Drug-related violence in Northern Mexico has continued despite an increased military presence. The new wave of violence left a state investigator and two former police officers dead and, for the second time in less than a month, drug cartels assassinated two men only hours afte [...] | 2007-02-22 17:23:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV ASEC ECON MX |
07MONTERREY367 | CANACAR SAYS MEMBERS WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN CROSS-BORDER [...] (C) On March 27, EconOff met with Magdalena Diaz, Director of the Nuevo Leon Chapter of the National Chamber of Cargo Transportation (CANACAR),and Raul Trevino of Transportes Aguila de Oro (TAO),a CANACAR-member trucking company headquartered in Monterrey. In anticipation of the CANACAR Na [...] | 2007-03-28 22:25:00 | Consulate Monterrey | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ELTN ECIN ETRD ECON PGOV MX |
07MONTERREY527 | MONTERREY'S TROUBLING TRENDS - MURDER, KIDNAPPING, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Following the Mexican national model, in one week Monterrey witnessed a fierce rise in narco-related violence, including police and journalist kidnappings. Already Nuevo Leon has quickly surpassed previous records for the number of murders and kidnappings in the state. To date, [...] | 2007-05-18 21:43:00 | Consulate Monterrey | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SNAR PINS PGOV SOCI ASEC ELAB ECON MX |
07MONTERREY76 | NEW MONTERREY-BASED LOW-COST AIRLINE VIVAAEROBUS BEGINS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Vivaaerobus, a new low-cost carrier headquartered in Monterrey, began operations on November 30, 2006 as the latest in a series of six new airlines to begin flying from Monterrey's international airport this past year. With the support of the Nuevo Leon state government and wi [...] | 2007-01-29 19:14:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EINV BTIO MX |
07MONTERREY775 | NUEVO LEON PRD REJECTS PRESIDENT CALDERON AND SUPPORTS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Representing the hard-line faction of the PRD, Nuevo Leon party leaders continue to reject President Calderon as illegitimate, refuse to work with President Calderon, plan to denounce Calderon at his September 1 State of the Union address, and focus their efforts on recruiting l [...] | 2007-08-14 21:07:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ETRD ECON SOCI MX |
07MONTERREY800 | TWO MONTH TRUCE HAS DRASTICALLY REDUCED NORTHERN BORDER DRUG [...] (C) SUMMARY. There has been a dramatic reduction in the level of drug violence in Nuevo Leon over the last two months, apparently resulting from a nationwide "truce" between the two primary drug cartels. The truce has been described in press reports, including detailed descriptions of the ne [...] | 2007-08-23 15:24:00 | Consulate Monterrey | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SNAR ASEC KCRM ECON ETRD PGOV MX |