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00HARARE2198	S/E WOLPE DISCUSSES DISENGAGEMENT AND DISARMAMENT WITH MUGABE CONFIDANT [...] (C) SUMMARY: ZIMBABWEAN JUSTICE MINISTER AND MUGABE CONFIDANT STATES THAT THE VICTORIA FALLS MEETING WAS CALLED IN ORDER TO REMOVE ANY OBSTACLES TO CONTINUED FORWARD PROGRESS THAT MIGHT HAVE RESULTED FROM CEASE-FIRE VIOLATIONS SINCE THE RECENT KAMPALA AGREEMENT. ZIMBABWE AND NAMIBIA, HE ASSE [...]	2000-04-21 19:45:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR CG ZI

00HARARE2200	S/E WOLPE DISCUSSES DRC DISENGAGEMENT AND DISARMAMENT WITH ZIMBABWEAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: ACCORDING TO THE ZIMBABWEAN FOREIGN MINISTER, THE APRIL 21 VICTORIA FALLS MEETING WAS DESIGNED AS A SUMMIT OF THE HEADS OF STATE OF THE EXTERNAL STATE ACTORS TO DISCUSS WAYS OF EXTRICATING THEMSELVES FROM THE CONGO. THE CONGOLESE WERE NOT INVITED. AT THE LAST MOMENT, DOS SANTO [...]	2000-04-22 19:27:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR CG ZI
00HARARE2222	S/E WOLPE DISCUSSES DRC DISENGAGEMENT AND DISARMAMENT WITH ZIMBABWEAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: ZIMBABWEAN PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE HOSTED A TWO HOUR AND TWENTY MINUTE MEETING WITH THE USG DELEGATION AT HIS RESIDENCE IN HARARE ON 22 APRIL. S/E WOLPE, AMB MCDONALD, SPECIAL ADVISOR PRENDERGAST, LT. COL. GADDIS, AND ECONOFF PROKOP ATTENDED. S/E WOLPE REINFORCED THE USG CONCERN [...]	2000-04-25 14:48:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR CG ZI
00HARARE3465	MINI SUMMIT IN HARARE PRESSURES KABILA TO ACCEPT MASIRE AS [...] No summary [...]	2000-06-25 15:07:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI CG
00HARARE3489	NEXT STEPS ON NATIONAL DIALOGUE [...] (C) ON JUNE 26 AMBASSADOR MCDONALD DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE TO DR. MACHIVENYIKA MAPURANGA, PERMANENT SECRETARY OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. AS THE SIPDIS CONVERSATION EVOLVED IT BECAME EVIDENT THAT THE DEMARCHE WAS A NON-STARTER. MAPURANGA REPORTED THAT DURING A MINI SUMMIT IN HA [...]	2000-06-26 15:54:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CG ZI
00HARARE3941	FOREIGN MINISTER ZUMA SHARES VIEWS ON DRC WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: SOUTH AFRICA'S FOREIGN MINISTER DR. NKOSAZANA DLAMINI-ZUMA AGREED WITH SPECIAL ENVOY HOWARD WOLPE'S ASSESSMENT THAT NOTHING WAS MORE DANGEROUS FOR THE FUTURE OF THE LUSAKA PROCESS THAN ACQUIESCENCE TO KABILA'S REJECTION OF DRC FACILITATOR SIR KETUMILE MASIRE. ZUMA REVIEWED KABILA' [...]	2000-07-18 15:40:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS CF SF
00HARARE4309	EXTERNAL SIGNATORIES STRATEGY FOR THE CONGO [...] (C) THE FOLLOWING REPRESENTS THE FURTHER ANALYSIS AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS OF SPECIAL ENVOY WOLPE AND SPECIAL ADVISOR PRENDERGAST REGARDING THE LUSAKA PEACE PROCESS FOR THE CONGO. IT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED IN TANDEM WITH LUSAKA 3426. 2. (C) AS THE CLOCK CONTINUES TO TICK TOWARDS THE UN [...]	2000-08-03 10:31:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CG
00HARARE4311	S/E WOLPE BRIEFS MNANGAGWA ON LUANDA MEETINGS [...] (C) ON AUGUST 3 SPECIAL ENVOY HOWARD WOLPE AND AF SPECIAL ASSISTANT JOHN PRENDERGAST MET BRIEFLY WITH ZIMBABWE'S SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT EMMERSON MNANGAGWA IN THE LATTER'S OFFICE. MNANGAGWA REMAINS PRESIDENT MUGABE'S ENVOY FOR SENSITIVE MISSIONS VIS-A-VIS THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. WOL [...]	2000-08-03 12:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS CG ZI
00KINSHASA8621	DRC FOREIGN MINISTER PRAISES UN RESOLUTION 1332, [...] (C) SUMMARY: FOREIGN MINISTER OKITUNDU TOLD AMBASSADOR SWING HE WAS PLEASED WITH UN RESOLUTION 1332, PARTICULARLY THE SPECIFIC MENTION OF CITIES WHERE MONUC WOULD DEPLOY. HE CLAIMED THIS WOULD DISCOURAGE PARTITION OF THE CONGO. HE PREFERRED THE CONGO CONFLICT'S FOLLOW-UP MEETING TO TAKE PLACE [...]	2000-12-28 13:31:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CG
00STATE228767	OPEN ASSIGNMENTS LIST OF OFFICE MANAGEMENT [...] BID DEADLINE: THE WINTER 2000-2001 AND SUMMER 2001 CABLES HAVE BEEN COMBINED. THIS CABLE PRESENTS THE OPEN ASSIGNMENTS VACANCY LIST FOR OFFICE MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST POSITIONS FROM WHICH ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES SHOULD CREATE THEIR BID LISTS FOR THE 2001 SUMMER CYCLE. BIDDERS WITH A NOVEMBER 2001 [...]	2000-12-01 20:47:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	APER
00STATE228772	OPEN ASSIGNMENTS LIST OF MID-LEVEL GENERALIST AND ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST VACANCIES, NOW THROUGH OCTOBER 31,2001. (COMBINED WINTER 2000 - SUMMER 2001 CYCLE). [...] No summary [...]	2000-12-01 20:48:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	APER
00STATE229013	OPEN ASSIGNMENTS LIST OF FS-01 GENERALIST AND [...] BID DEADLINE: THE WINTER 2000-2001 AND SUMMER 2001 CABLES HAVE BEEN COMBINED. THIS CABLE PRESENTS THE OPEN ASSIGNMENTS VACANCY LIST FOR FS-01 POSITIONS FROM WHICH ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES SHOULD CREATE THEIR BID LISTS FOR THE 2001 SUMMER CYCLE. BIDDERS WITH APRIL AND NOVEMBER 2001 TEDS MAY ALSO BID [...]	2000-12-01 23:08:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	APER
00STATE229054	JUNIOR OFFICER (SUMMER AND NOW) OPEN [...] THIS IS THE COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF UNASSIGNED OVERSEAS FO-04 AND FO-05 ADMINISTRATIVE, CONSULAR, ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, INTERFUNCTIONAL AND ROTATIONAL VACANCIES AVAILABLE THROUGH APRIL 2002. IT INCLUDES POSITIONS REQUIRING SIX MONTHS OR MORE OF LANGUAGE TRAINING (FOR ELIGIBLE OFFICERS),AS WELL [...]	2000-12-01 23:30:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	APER
00STATE229567	OPEN ASSIGNMENTS - OUT-YEAR WORLD LANGUAGE [...] THIS CABLE UPDATES THE LIST OF POSITIONS INCLUDED IN THE OUT YEAR WORLD LANGUAGE PILOT PROGRAM. SOME POSITIONS WERE DELETED DUE TO EXTENSIONS, CURTAILMENTS OR ASSIGNMENTS MADE. OTHER POSITIONS WERE SUBSTITUTED WHERE POSSIBLE. 2. PLEASE REFER TO REFTEL A WHICH PROVIDES COMPLETE INFORMATION [...]	2000-12-04 15:28:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	APER
01ABUJA1587	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NSA ON REGIONAL AND OTHER ISSUES [...] (C) Ambassador Jeter met July 2 with National Security Advisor (NSA) Aliyu Mohammed. Regional issues dominated discussions. The NSA noted GON support for "internal dialogue" outside Liberia. He indicated the GON would host an Abuja-based John Garang/Sadiq Al-Mahdi meeting on Sudan, and vo [...]	2001-07-05 15:37:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR KCRM SNAR ETRD NI
01ABUJA2687	NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED EAGER ABOUT SUDAN, PERPLEXED [...] (C) Summary: During an October 16 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, NSA Aliyu Mohammed stated that Nigeria, actively engaged on Sudan, would host a "3-in-1" conference ultimately bringing together the Southern factions, Northern opposition and Bashir Government negotiators around one conference [...]	2001-10-20 08:21:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SU CG XA NI
01HARARE1048	ZIMBABWE HAPPY WITH US POSITION ON THE [...] (C) DURING A ONE-AND-A-HALF-HOUR-MEETING MARCH 16 IN HARARE, VISITING MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS CONGO EXPERT DAVID HAMADZIRIPI SHARED HIS GOVERNMENT'S VIEWS ON CERTAIN RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CONGO. ACCORDING TO HAMADZIRIPI: -- THE ZIMBABWEANS ARE PARTICULARLY PLEASED WITH THE U.S. [...]	2001-03-16 14:33:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP MOPS PINR CG AO UG ZI
01HARARE1051	CANADIAN REPORT OF CONVERSATION ON CONGO [...] (C) FOLLOWING IS AN ACCOUNT BY CANADIAN DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER IN HARARE RON WILLSON (STRICTLY PROTECT) OF THE SAME CONVERSATION REPORTED IN REFTEL. WILLSON SUPPLIES ADDITIONAL DETAIL, PARTICULARLY ON ZIMBABWEAN PERCEPTIONS OF THE RWANDA-UGANDA RIFT, STRAINS IN HIS GOVERNMENT'S RELATIONSHI [...]	2001-03-19 11:23:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MCAP CG ZI RW UG CA
01HARARE3335	AMBASSADOR, SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT DISCSS DRC, ELECTION [...] (C) INTHE AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL COURTESY CALL ON SPEAKER O PARLIAMENT EMMERSON MNANGAGWA ON NOVEMBER 6, MNNGAGWA SAID THAT THE GOZ WAS PRESSING DRC PRESIDNT KABILA TO DEMOCRATIZE INSTITUTIONS, TO PARTICPATE IN THE INTER-CONGOLESE DIALOGUE, AND TO PLA FOR ELECTIONS. THE SPEAKER ASKED THAT WE SH [...]	2001-11-07 14:57:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ZI
01HARARE353	BRITISH INSTRUCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE DEATH [...] (C) BRITISH DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER IAN HAY- CAMPBELL (PROTECT) SHARED THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTION, CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 00353 01 OF 02 181550Z CLASSIFIED "RESTRICTED," THAT HE HAD RECEIVED FROM LONDON DATED JANUARY 18 WITH RESPECT TO THE DEATH OF PRE [...]	2001-01-18 15:50:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ZI CG UK
01HARARE603	AFTER MEETING MUGABE AND MUDENGE, AJELLO FINDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUROPEAN UNION SPECIAL ENVOY ALDO AJELLO MET WITH BOTH PRESIDENT MUGABE AND FOREIGN MINISTER MUDENGE DURING HIS THREE DAY STAY IN HARARE AND CONCLUDED THAT THE ZIMBABWEANS ARE NOT SURE WHAT THEY WANT IN TERMS OF A CONGOLESE LEADERSHIP. THE ZIMBABWEANS POINT TO A NUMBER OF UPCOMIN [...]	2001-01-31 13:45:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS ZI CG
01KINSHASA419	KABILA LAID TO REST [...] (C) SUMMARY --------------- IN A DIGNIFIED, WELL ORGANIZED SIX-HOUR CEREMONY, PRESIDENT LAURENT KABILA WAS BURIED JANUARY 23 IN THE PRESENCE OF SIX AFRICAN PRESIDENTS, AND NEARLY A DOZEN OTHER HIGH-LEVEL FOREIGN DELEGATIONS ALMOST ALL OF WHOM DEPARTED KINSHASA BEFORE NIGHTFALL. SECURITY WA [...]	2001-01-24 11:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CG
01STATE157224	TF UNITED STATES SEPTEMBER ATTACK SITUATION REPORT NO. 004 AS OF 2300 EDT TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 [...] No summary [...]	2001-09-12 10:48:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PREL PINS AEMR MARR CASC
01VATICAN1192	VATICAN - "VIEWS FROM THE HILL" [...] THE FEBRUARY 24 - MARCH 02 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 01192 01 OF 02 022245Z CONTENTS: - POPE CALLS WORLD'S CARDINALS TO ROME TO PLAN FUTURE - VATICAN AND MOSLEMS ISSUE JOINT CALL FOR PEACE IN ISRAEL - PAP [...]	2001-03-02 11:45:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KMDR EAID PINR IZ AF UP DR VT MEPP VTPREL
01VATICAN4030	ANGOLA PEACE: SANT'EGIDIO FORWARDS UNITA PROPOSAL [...] (U) THIS CABLE CONTAINS A GUIDANCE REQUEST -- PLEASE SEE PARA FOUR. CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 04030 011305Z 2. (C) SANT'EGIDIO COMMUNITY SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR AND SOMETIME AFRICAN-CONFLICT-MEDIATOR DON MATTEO ZUPPI ASKED CHARGE AND A/DCM TO COFFEE 7/30 [...]	2001-08-01 12:52:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AN VT
02ABUJA1169	NIGERIA: NSA GENERAL MOHAMMED ON ANGOLA, CONGO AND ZIMBABWE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an April 3 meeting with National Security Advisor, General (Rtd.) Aliyu Mohammed, to discuss security assistance programs (SEPTEL),Ambassador Jeter used the opportunity to engage the NSA on Angola, Congo and Zimbabwe. END SUMMARY ------ ANGOLA ------ 2. (C) The [...]	2002-04-15 11:38:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AO ZI CF NI
02HARARE581	MEDIA REACTION DEATH OF SAVIMBI; HARARE [...] UNDER HEADLINE "SAVIMBI'S DEATH: A CHANCE FOR PEACE IN ANGOLA," THE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY "THE ZIMBABWE MIRROR" DEDICATED ITS MARCH 1 EDITORIAL TO URGING THE GOVERNMENT OF ANGOLA TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE DEATH OF UNITA LEADER JONAS SAVIMBI BY PUSHING FOR PEACE. EXCERPTS: 2. [...]	2002-03-06 08:45:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI PREL PHUM
02ROME2648	SECOND REGULAR SESSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM [...] DESPITE PRECIPITOUSLY DECLINING RESOURCES FOR DEVELOPMENT, THE BOARD APPROVED COUNTRY PROGRAMMES FOR RWANDA, ZAMBIA AND BOLIVIA, WITH A TOTAL COMMITMENT OF USD (U.S. DOLLARS) 116.3 MILLION. A COUNTRY STRATEGY OUTLINE (CSO) WAS APPROVED FOR ETHIOPIA. BUDGET INCREASES FOR THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, [...]	2002-05-31 14:24:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN
02ROME3296	GDIN PAVES WAY FOR DISASTER MANAGEMENT WORLDWIDE [...] SUMMARY: ON JUNE 19-21, 2002, THE GLOBAL DISASTER INFORMATION NETWORK (GDIN) HELD ITS FIFTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, ENTITLED "TAKING OFF: GDINS CONTRIBUTION TO HUMAN HEALTH, SURVIVAL, AND WELL-BEING," AT THE SANTO SPIRITO MONUMENTAL BUILDING IN ROME, ITALY. EXPERTS WERE PRESENT FROM GOVERNMENT, IN [...]	2002-07-05 11:38:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON IT TSPL KSCA
02TEGUCIGALPA2966	AIRCRAFT DOWN IN HONDURAS AND THE SEIZURE OF 3.3 [...] On October 16, 2002 at approximately 11:30AM, a white Cessna aircraft traveling northbound was observed by witnesses decending over Honduran territory in the vicinity of San Jose de La Landa, Honduras. During the descent witnesses observed a suitcase being thrown out of a side door of the air [...]	2002-10-28 15:26:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	NONE
02TEGUCIGALPA2967	GOH POSITIVE INITIATIVES TO RESOLVE OUTSTANDING [...] (SBU) Summary. Clear property ownership is important to improving the well-being of the Honduran urban and rural poor, as well as to the resolution of outstanding Amcit investment disputes. Although the GOH has not formed a small Commission to address the outstanding Amcit disputes as Embass [...]	2002-10-28 16:40:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EAID EAGR PGOV AMGT HO
02VATICAN4241	VATICAN ON CLONING CONVENTION: DON'T MAKE THE IDEAL THE ENEMY OF THE GOOD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: VATICAN DFM MIGLIORE TOLD DCM AUGUST 30 THAT THE HOLY SEE SHARED U.S. GOALS ON THE CLONING CONVENTION AND SUPPORTED USG EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE A UN CONVENTION TO BAN ALL FORMS OF HUMAN CLONING. HOWEVER, THE VATICAN FEARED THAT UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VA [...]	2002-09-03 05:36:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSCA PREL AORC TBIO TPHY VT UNGA
03BRASILIA602	UTILITIES' CONCERNS OVER BRAZIL'S NEW ELECTRICITY [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 6, Embassy hosted a Roundtable on Electricity Regulation in Brazil with participation by 16 executives from 8 U.S. and European companies from both the generation and distribution sides. Companies' main concerns were short-term liquidity issues, continued low elect [...]	2003-02-21 15:49:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN BR ENGR
03GUATEMALA2867	GUATEMALAN ELECTIONS: POLLS OPEN WITH LONG LINES [...] The polls opened on time, and reports from around the country indicate that voter participation is larger than in previous elections. Lines are long, and moved slowly at the beginning, frustrating many voters, but reports from many precincts indicate that by the second hour of voting, lines w [...]	2003-11-09 16:51:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR EAID KDEM ASEC GT
03HARARE1792	TSVANGIRAI ON MDC'S OVERSEAS OUTREACH, TALKS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 10 meeting with Ambassador Sullivan, MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai voiced continued frustration with ZANU-PF's lack of urgency on resuming talks and recounted efforts by MDC principals to engage with regional SADC leaders in that regard. He sought USG support f [...]	2003-09-11 14:33:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI MDC
03HARARE791	ANGOLAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT TO ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Summary: Angolan Foreign Minister Joao Miranda visited Zimbabwe March 22-24 and met with Government and MDC leaders. Miranda, who will chair the SADC Task Force on Zimbabwe visit next month told us that the clear focus of his visit was on Zimbabwe's crisis, although he met GOZ denial and [...]	2003-04-25 06:28:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AO ZI
03HARARE855	Zimbabwe International Trade Fair 2003 -- Low [...] (U) Summary: The Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) is the country's premier trade event and was once a regional and international showcase. Three years ago, the number of both local and international exhibitors started to decline due to economic and political problems. This year saw [...]	2003-05-06 06:08:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON ELTN ZI
03KUWAIT5368	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND OTHERS STIFFING KUWAIT ON [...] (C) This is an action message. See Para 3. 2. (C) MFA continues to drub us on lack of Dominican and other coalition members' responsiveness in completing SOFA discussions. As addresses know, Kuwait bent its own rules and allowed Dominican and other battalions to transit Kuwait in advan [...]	2003-11-24 06:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ASEC ELAB DR PO SN PL KU SD
03ROME4736	ITALY: FACTORS AFFECTING BASING OF U.S. MILITARY [...] (S/NF) US military forces in Italy, which are present under NATO auspices and operate on Italian (not US) bases, are generally welcome, and we expect that situation to continue. In return for basing access, Italy expects a spirit of partnership, timely consultation, and full respect for Itali [...]	2003-10-16 13:12:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MOPS IT FORCES IN ITALY
03SANTODOMINGO4390	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC NATIONAL POLICE CHIEF CONTINUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador Hertell met with the Dominican Republic's Director of the National Police, Jaime Marte Martinez, to introduce DCM Lisa Kubiske and to thank the Director for his support in establishing an Anti-Trafficking in Persons Investigation Unit as part of the National Police [...]	2003-08-22 17:31:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCRM PHUM PINR DR
03SANTODOMINGO4415	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: UPDATE ON CHILD LABOR [...] The GODR is making progress in implementing its international commitments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. Updated information for 2003 Trade and Development Act (TDA) reporting purposes follows. BEGIN ANSWERS TO REFTEL QUESTIONS. A) Whether the country has adequate laws and r [...]	2003-08-22 21:20:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI
03SANTODOMINGO4432	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 58TH UNGA ATTENDEES STILL [...] GODR HAS NOT YET DETERMINED WHO WILL ATTEND THE 58TH UNGA. GODR REPORTS THAT IT HOPES TO HAVE ITS DESIGNEES NAMED BY AUGUST 29. THE DELAY IN DESIGNATING ATTENDEES STEMS FROM THE RECENT RESIGNATION OF THE GODR'S FOREIGN MINISTRY'S AMBASSADOR IN CHARGE OFXXXXXXX WILL FORWARD INFORMATION AS SOON [...]	2003-08-25 16:36:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR PREL
03SANTODOMINGO4522	ECUADOR EX-PRESIDENT NOBOA NOW IN DOMINICAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GODR MFA has confirmed that former Ecuadorian President Gustavo Noboa arrived in the Dominican Republic on August 23 after being granted approval by the GOE to travel. He and his spouse have been staying at the Presidential retreat, but are arranging to rent their own apartm [...]	2003-08-27 17:49:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS DR EC
03SANTODOMINGO4533	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT TELLS CONG. WELLER HE'S [...] SUMMARY. Dominican President Mejia told U.S. Congressmen visiting Aug 20-24 that prospects are &fine8 for a bilateral free trade agreement. Hosted by the Dominican private sector, Cong. Weller (R-Illinois),Cong. Brown (R-South Carolina) and Republican staffers stressed the need to address U [...]	2003-08-28 10:52:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR ETRD OREP PGOV
03SANTODOMINGO4548	CARIBBEAN ISSUES CONFERENCE: EMBASSY SANTO DOMINGO [...] (U) Embassy Santo Domingo strongly supports the proposal of a Caribbean issues conference and expects to nominate an Embassy participant. 2. (SBU) In response to para 8 inquiry concerning possible Dominican participants we have the following comments: - - Frederic Emam Zade, Director [...]	2003-08-28 12:06:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BB BF DR GY JM PINR TD NS
03SANTODOMINGO4553	DOMINICAN RESPONSE--U.S. APPROACH IN THE FIRST [...] Poloffs delivered reftel demarche and non-paper August 26 to Ambassadors Francia Sencion and Roger Espaillat, Office Director and Sub-Director of the Americas Desk at the Foreign Ministry. Sencion said that relevant Foreign Ministry offices would review the non-paper and asked for time to pre [...]	2003-08-28 18:42:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC AORC KNNP DR
03SANTODOMINGO4554	DOMINICAN RESPONSE--U.S. INITIATIVES FOR THE 58TH [...] This is an action request ) see para 3. 2. (C) Poloffs delivered demarche (ref A) and non-paper August 26 to Ambassadors Francia Sencion and Roger Espaillat, Office Director and Sub-Director of the Americas Desk at the Foreign Ministry. Sencion said that relevant Foreign Ministry offices a [...]	2003-08-28 19:19:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL PHUM DR
03SANTODOMINGO4656	PARLACEN COURTS THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] Central American Parliament (Parlacen) President Augusto Vela Mena, addressing a joint session of the GODR's National Congress in Santo Domingo August 27, announced that the proposed entry of the Dominican Republic into the System of Central American Integration had been forwarded to the presi [...]	2003-09-02 21:24:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EINT ETRD DR
03SANTODOMINGO4679	PRESIDENT OF DOMINICAN LEGISLATIVE CHAMBER ALFREDO [...] (SBU) On August 27 newly elected activist Chamber of Deputies President Alfredo Pacheco told Charge d,Affaires and Poloffs he sets a priority on reforming the Penal and Civil Codes. He emphasized ongoing collaboration with new Senate President Jesus Vasquez to develop a joint legislative agend [...]	2003-09-03 20:37:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR DR
03SANTODOMINGO4680	CARIBBEAN ISSUES CONFERENCE: INITIAL DOMINICAN [...] Frederic Emam-Zade of the Fundacion Global Democracia y Desarrollo told EcoPol counselor on September 2 that he is available to participate in the conference and panel proposed ref a. He has reserved the dates Oct 9-10 and asks for further information concerning the possible invitation whene [...]	2003-09-03 20:43:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR OTRA PINR
03SANTODOMINGO4736	CARIBBEAN CONFERENCE: RAINIERI RESPONSE AND [...] (SBU) Dominican businessman Frank Rainieri told EcoPol counselor on Sept 4 that he is interested and potentially available to participate in the CSIS conference on the Caribbean. He has noted this in his agenda and awaits further information. Having surveyed the agenda, he asked about the fo [...]	2003-09-05 12:58:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR OTRA PINR SNAR
03SANTODOMINGO4760	PSI STATEMENT OF INTERDICTION PRINCIPLES DELIVERED [...] (U) Per reftel, Poloff delivered the text of the Statement of Interdiction Principles agreed by the Proliferation Security Initiative participants to Ambassador Rogert Espaillat, Sub-Director of the GODR Americas Desk on September 5. The Ambassador had no immediate comment and indicated the [...]	2003-09-08 11:22:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL
03SANTODOMINGO4763	GODR LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN AGAINST COMMERCIAL SEXUAL [...] On August 27 the GODR launched a hard-hitting campaign against commercial sexual exploitation of minors. Billboards in beach areas will bear the message, "In the Dominican Republic, we protect our treasures. Our beaches, mountains, monuments and our most precious treasure: our children." The [...]	2003-09-08 13:37:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS DR
03SANTODOMINGO4765	WTO CANCUN MINISTERIAL: DOMINICAN SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-08 15:42:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KIPR
03SANTODOMINGO4834	CIVAIR: DOMINICAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON ICAO [...] On September 9, econoff delivered reftel on key issues regarding the upcoming International Civil Aviation Organization Eleventh Air Navigation Conference to Director General Carlos Alvarez Guzman of the General Directorate for Civil Aviation. Director Guzman told econoff that the Dominican [...]	2003-09-10 12:32:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON
03SANTODOMINGO4915	FORMAL PACT: CIVIC LEADERS TO MONITOR DOMINICAN [...] (U) A ceremony including President Mejia, other presidential candidates, GODR officials, business and union leaders, and the diplomatic corps, held September 8 at the Catholic University in Santo Domingo, formally approved a non-government committee ("comision de seguimiento") of nine academic [...]	2003-09-12 19:11:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR PGOV
03SANTODOMINGO4930	STORY OF HAITIAN CADAVERS ALONG BORDER STILL [...] (C) The Dominican Committee on Human Rights announced on September 3 that approximately 14 Haitian bodies had been discovered in Pedernales, a province along the Dominican-Haitian border. Virgilio Almanzar, chairperson of the committee, told Poloffs that he personally saw only 7 skeletons dur [...]	2003-09-15 13:05:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SMIG DR
03SANTODOMINGO4943	DEMARCHE ON AVIATION THREAT -- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] EcoPol chief and Econoff delivered subject demarche on September 9 to Director General of Civil Aviation Carlos Alvarez, who undertook to convoke directors of airports in the Dominican Republic. Alvarez suggested further points of contact, which Embassy is pursuing. 2. Embassy has prepar [...]	2003-09-15 19:39:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC EAIR DR
03SANTODOMINGO4944	PURCHASE OF COMPUTER EQUIPMENT FOR THE CAA [...] (U) Post submits the following information for the purchase of unclassified computer equipment to be used in the CAA. 2. (C) HP SCANJET 8250 DIGITAL FLATBED SCANNER (C9932A) Specifications and warranty. Unit Cost: $899.99 quantity: (1) Total Cost: [...]	2003-09-15 19:59:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ASUP AMGT KSLG
03SANTODOMINGO4990	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ESCALATES EFFORTS AGAINST CHILD [...] (U) On September 9 the Dominican Republic became the second country in Latin America to launch a US Department of Labor-funded Time Bound Program as part of an ongoing effort to eradicate the worst forms of child labor. The launch comes on the heels of an aggressive national campaign, recentl [...]	2003-09-16 19:29:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ELAB DR
03SANTODOMINGO5003	PLD PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CONCERNS IN THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Leaders of the leading opposition party, the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD),have raised with us three concerns about upcoming presidential elections in the Dominican Republic: doubts about the impartiality of the Junta Central Electoral (JCE ) Central Election Commission),[...]	2003-09-17 12:34:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV DR
03SANTODOMINGO5020	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC NGO PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION [...] INSTRAW is an unfunded UN-affiliated research organization that has loose connections with six NGOs. All six NGOs work to promote women's issues. The NGOs are known to the mission and none of them is known as a group whose mission includes the promotion of pedophilia. 2. INSTRAW does no [...]	2003-09-17 17:57:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PHUM SOCI
03SANTODOMINGO5035	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC UNGA ATTENDEES [...] The GODR has provided the following information on its delegation to the 58th General Assembly of the United Nations: A. Head of State, President Hipolito Mejia, does not plan to attend. B. Head of Government, President Hipolito Mejia, does not plan to attend. C. Foreign Minister [...]	2003-09-17 20:11:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA KSEP DR
03SANTODOMINGO5057	URGENT DEMARCHE ON UN ACTION ON THE MIDDLE EAST [...] Reftel talking points were delivered to Ambassador Francia Sencion and Rogert Espaillat, Director and Sub-Director of the GODR's Americas Desk, on September 18. The Ambassadors had no immediate comment and indicated the talking points would be reviewed by the relevant Foreign Ministry offices [...]	2003-09-18 19:04:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAL DR
03SANTODOMINGO5058	GODR: DOMINICANS WERE COOPERATIVE AT CANCUN [...] (SBU) GODR INTERLOCUTORS HAVE ASSURED EMBOFFS THAT THEY ENGAGED CONSTRUCTIVELY AND COOPERATIVELY DURING THE SEPTEMBER 10-14 WTO MINISTERIAL. ACCORDING TO SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS (AND PRESIDENT OF INDOTEL),ORLANDO JORGE MERA, AND THE GODR'S CHIEF AGRICULTURAL NEGOTIATOR, OSM [...]	2003-09-18 19:23:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ETRD EAGR DR
03SANTODOMINGO5074	WSIS/FREEDOM OF THE PRESS; DOMINICAN RESPONSE [...] Poloff delivered reftel talking points by email and fax to Ambassador for Human Rights Anabella de Castro on September 15. Talking points were also sent on September 16 to Indotel President and Secretary of State for Telecommunications Orlando Jorge Mera. Mr. Mera assured Poloff that he woul [...]	2003-09-19 14:09:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM DR
03SANTODOMINGO5088	DOMINICAN ELECTORAL BOARD MOVING AHEAD [...] (SBU) Summary: Central Electoral Board ("JCE") President Luis Arias and seven of the eight other electoral judges assured the Ambassador on September 9 that -- contrary to claims by opposition critics -- preparations for the May 16, 2004, presidential election in the Dominican Republic were on [...]	2003-09-19 22:29:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR PGOV PREL
03SANTODOMINGO5097	ICOC TALKING POINTS DELIVERED TO GODR [...] Poloffs delivered reftel talking points to Ambassadors Francia Sencion and Rogert Espaillat, Director and Sub-Director of the Americas desk of the GODR Foreign Ministry. Both were aware of USG interest in the International Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (ICOC) and tha [...]	2003-09-22 15:02:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA DR
03SANTODOMINGO5099	CARIBBEAN CONFERENCE: TRAVEL OF AMBASSADOR HERTELL [...] (SBU) Ambassador Hans Hertell expects to attend CSIS Caribbean Conference on Oct 9-10 as described in ref A. HERTELL [...]	2003-09-22 15:57:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PGOV PINR
03SANTODOMINGO5117	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO ATTEND DECENTRALIZATION [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-22 21:13:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR KDEM PGOV PINS PREL
03SANTODOMINGO5118	EARTHQUAKE SHAKES DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - NO AMCITS [...] At 12:45 a.m. on September 22, an earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale struck the Dominican Republic approximately nine miles south of the resort town of Puerto Plata and 12 miles north of the interior city of Santiago. No AmCit deaths or injuries have been reported by the US Consular [...]	2003-09-22 21:41:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC DR EAIR EWWT SENV SOCI
03SANTODOMINGO5135	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ELECTIONS: LEONEL FERNANDEZ ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Former president and presidential pre-candidate Leonel Fernandez (PLD) emphasized to the Ambassador September 9 the importance of the Dominican Republic's relations with the United States, commented on the Dominican Republic's bumpy relations with Venezuela and the recent interr [...]	2003-09-23 16:07:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR EFIN EPET ETRD PGOV PREL VE
03SANTODOMINGO5154	FLORIDA GOVERNOR BUSH HITS A HOME RUN ON TRADE [...] Summary. Gov. Jeb Bush led more than 200 U.S. business representatives to Santo Domingo, September 15-17 for the annual &Expo USA8 and a full program to promote Miami's bid to house the permanent secretariat of the Free Trade Area of the Americas. He also expressed support for CAFTA docking. [...]	2003-09-23 20:37:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD OVIP DR
03SANTODOMINGO5157	DOMINICANS PUZZLED BY CHAVEZ'S ACCUSATIONS AND [...] (U) Summary. Relations between Venezuela and the Dominican Republic have been strained since July 27, when Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez accused ex-Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez of conspiring to assassinate him and criticized the Dominican government for allowing this to take pl [...]	2003-09-23 23:32:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PREL DR VE
03SANTODOMINGO5275	STILL WAITING FOR GODR SUBSTANTIVE REACTION TO PSI [...] (C) Per ref A, we again contacted GODR Deputy Director for the Americas, Roger Espaillat, to inquire if the GODR has any substantive comment on the Statement of Interdiction Principles adopted by the Proliferation Security Initiative participants. Espaillat replied that the GODR generally s [...]	2003-09-30 15:15:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PHSA PBTS EAIR EWWT DR
03SANTODOMINGO5330	EARTHQUAKE AFTERSHOCKS AND DAMAGE ASSESSMENT [...] Aftershocks from the earthquake that hit the Dominican Republic on September 22 (reftel) continue to be felt in the northern region of the country. More than 200 aftershocks have been reported, measuring up to 5.1 on the Richter Scale. The original quake and the aftershocks have produced dam [...]	2003-10-01 15:54:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI EAIR EWWT CASC DR
03SANTODOMINGO5390	VICE PRESIDENT FAULTS PRESIDENT MEJIA, ADDRESSES [...] (C) Summary: Dominican Vice President and candidate for president Milagros Ortiz-Bosch told DCM Kubiske September 26 that President Mejia cannot win re-election next May because of his unpopularity and voter opposition to a second consecutive term. She agreed with Mejia's vision and policies [...]	2003-10-02 20:36:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR EAID PGOV PINR PREL
03SANTODOMINGO5391	BLACKOUTS DARKEN DOMINICAN PROSPECTS [...] (SBU) IN THE FACE OF ELECTRICITY BLACKOUTS AND GROWING PUBLIC DISSATISFACTION, ON OCTOBER 1 THE GODR TOOK CONTROL OF TWO OF THE COUNTRY'S THREE ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES. THE DEAL SIGNED SEPTEMBER 10 CALLS FOR THE GODR TO REPURCHASE SPANISH FIRM UNION FENOSA'S FIFTY PERCENT SHARE OF [...]	2003-10-02 21:42:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV
03SANTODOMINGO5392	PROTESTS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC DRIVEN BY ECONOMIC [...] (C) Scattered demonstrations disrupted some peripheral neighborhoods in Santo Domingo and a few interior towns in the Dominican Republic September 29-30, temporarily shutting down businesses and a major highway and leaving one person dead, a dozen including several policemen injured, and dozens [...]	2003-10-02 21:55:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR PGOV SOCI ECON PINS
03SANTODOMINGO5393	DOMINICAN SENATE PRESIDENT SKETCHES AMBITIOUS [...] (SBU) Summary: Dominican Senate President Jesus Vasquez Martinez, during a meeting September 8, predicted President Mejia would get strong majority support in the ruling PRD for his reelection bid in May 2004. Vasquez said he would work with Chamber of Deputies President Alfredo Pacheco on a [...]	2003-10-02 22:02:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR ETRD HA OREP PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
03SANTODOMINGO5562	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT AND TOP ECONOMIC TEAM WORRIED [...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING AN OCTOBER 8 MEETING AT THE NATIONAL PALACE, PRESIDENT MEJIA TOLD THE AMBASSADOR THAT HE IS CONCERNED ABOUT DELAYS IN DISBURSEMENT UNDER THE GODR'S STANDBY AGREEMENT WITH THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF),DELAYS IN DISBURSEMENT OF A $1OO MILLION INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOP [...]	2003-10-09 01:52:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG DR
03SANTODOMINGO5564	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT AND TOP ECONOMIC TEAM WORRIED [...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING AN OCTOBER 8 MEETING AT THE NATIONAL PALACE, PRESIDENT MEJIA TOLD THE AMBASSADOR THAT HE IS CONCERNED ABOUT DELAYS IN DISBURSEMENT UNDER THE GODR'S STANDBY AGREEMENT WITH THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF),DELAYS IN DISBURSEMENT OF A $1OO MILLION INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOP [...]	2003-10-09 01:59:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG DR
03SANTODOMINGO5759	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: DISPUTE OVER RE-ELECTION OF [...] (C) Summary: The ruling Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) is wrangling internally over whether to nominate President Mejia as its candidate in the national election next May. Other aspirants to the PRD nomination, arguing that presidential re-election violates party policy and that the unpop [...]	2003-10-17 16:46:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR PGOV PINR
03SANTODOMINGO5768	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC'S DELEGATES TO OAS SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-17 17:32:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC MARR PREL PARM XM XL XS DR
03SANTODOMINGO5786	MFA LEGAL ADVISER ON REFUGEES, SOFA WITH KUWAIT, [...] (C) Summary: MFA Legal Adviser Jorge Santiago told DCM (then-Charge) Kubiske October 9 that his office will begin full-time processing of a refugee case backlog before the end of the year and will soon submit to UNHCR a list of needed technical assistance and training for refugee contingency [...]	2003-10-20 11:21:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR IZ KU MARR PREF PREL
03SANTODOMINGO5875	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: PRD VOTES "NO" TO RE-ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: PRD members, in a consultative "plebiscite" October 19, voted overwhelmingly against President Mejia's bid for re-election next May. Turnout was respectable, but some voting procedures were questionable and the results were skewed by a boycott of Mejia supporters. Both Mejia and [...]	2003-10-22 10:59:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR PGOV
03SANTODOMINGO5907	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ON THE MADRID DONORS CONFERENCE [...] (C) Acting ECOPOL counselor delivered points Refs A-B in Spanish and Ref C in English to Acting International Organizations Director, Ambassador Rhadis Abreu de Polanco, on October 22. She reiterated continuing support for the Coalition of the Willing and informed us that the GODR would be rep [...]	2003-10-22 21:40:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR IZ PREL EAID
03SANTODOMINGO5946	DOMINICAN CONGRESSMAN APPEARS IN COURT ON ALIEN [...] (U) Trial proceedings began on October 22 against accused alien smuggler Congressman Guillermo Radhames "Ramos" Garcia. After months of evading police arrest before Congress reconvened in August, Garcia surprised observers by appearing before the Supreme Court without his attorneys. Garcia annou [...]	2003-10-23 23:49:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KJUS DR
03SANTODOMINGO5992	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FM ON ECONOMIC, INTERNATIONAL, AND BILATERAL ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Guerrero Prats, at a lunch hosted by the Ambassador October 7, said the GODR was trying through diplomatic channels to restore normal relations with Venezuela after President Chavez downgraded them in September. Trade/economic adviser (and daughter of President Meji [...]	2003-10-24 19:13:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR EFIN ETRD MARR MX PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SP VE XF KCOR
03SANTODOMINGO5998	DOMINICAN FINANCE OFFICIALS ACKNOWLEDGE NEED TO [...] (C) Summary. On Oct 24, in reply to delivery by Charge of ref A demarche on the importance of GODR fulfillment of obligations unders its IMF standby agreement, Dominican Secretary of Finances Calderon and Central Bank Governor SIPDIS Malkun each confided separately that the GODR has been ta [...]	2003-10-24 22:50:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL ETRD DR
03SANTODOMINGO6000	SPECIAL SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS INFORMATION [...] Reftel A and B points were delivered to Ambassador Francia Sencion, Director of the Americas Desk at the GODR Foreign Ministry, on October 22. GODR Ambassador Jesus Maria Hernandez, who was identified in Reftel A as Summit Coordinator, is out of the country and unavailable. Sencion will for [...]	2003-10-25 15:27:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KSUM KDEM XM XL DR
03SANTODOMINGO6001	UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel talking points to Ambassador Francia Sencion, Director of the Americas Desk, and Ambassador Rhadis Abreu de Polanco, Deputy Director of the International Organizations Desk at the GODR Foreign Ministry on October 22. Sencion indicated the points would be reviewed [...]	2003-10-25 15:27:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC AORC DR
03SANTODOMINGO6002	DEMARCHE ON COLOMBIA AND OAS SPECIAL CONFERENCE - [...] Post on October 24 delivered talking points reftel, regarding the proposed side declaration of support for Colombia at the OAS Special Conference on Security, to MFA acting director of international organization affairs Ambassador Radhis Abreu de Polanco. She informed us that our points had b [...]	2003-10-25 15:27:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	CO DR MX PGOV PREL PTER
03SANTODOMINGO6023	DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND POLICE ABUSE CENTERS: HUMAN [...] (SBU) Poloff and DRL Karen Gilbride called on human rights partners in Santo Domingo and Bani on October 20-21. In an effort to emphasize Embassy concerns with recent upsurges in domestic violence and continuing human rights abuses by the National Police, Poloff and DRL officer Karen Gilbride m [...]	2003-10-28 11:03:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KWMN DR
03SANTODOMINGO6075	AMBASSADOR AND EXIM BANK METTINGS WITH PRESIDENT, [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and Ex-Im Bank officials had a series of meetings October 20-21, with President Mejia, members of his economic cabinet and International Monetary Fund Representatives. Mejia expressed frustration about delays in disbursement of loans from the IMF and the multilater [...]	2003-10-29 11:26:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ECIN ENRG EINV DR
03SANTODOMINGO6123	PRESIDENT MEJIA VOWS FIRMNESS IN IMF COMMITMENT, [...] (C) Speaking at length to the Ambassador on October 28, President Mejia emphatically took credit for seeking IMF support in mid-2003 and for his aggressive campaign to bring home to the business sector the need to meet IMF commitments. He was particularly annoyed at the sluggish response of b [...]	2003-10-30 11:24:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN DR
03SANTODOMINGO6124	EMBASSY ASSESSMENT OF DOMINICAN ECONOMIC SITUATION [...] (C) Summary. The Dominican Republic is moving into very dangerous and uncharted waters. Facing an unstable financial situation with the prospect of a downward economic spiral, President Mejia and his senior advisors have publicly stressed the need to meet IMF standby conditions. They moved [...]	2003-10-30 11:24:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL PGOV DR
03SANTODOMINGO6138	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GODR ON US OPPOSITION TO [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-30 17:53:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD DR
03SANTODOMINGO6144	UNWRA RESOLUTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GODR [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-30 18:20:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAL DR

03SANTODOMINGO6166	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ANTI-TIP ACTIVITIES SINCE [...] (U) Since passing a comprehensive law against trafficking in persons (TIP) and alien smuggling in August, the GODR has taken steps to prevent trafficking, protect victims and prosecute offenders. New legislation provided impetus for action by government officials, civil society and internatio [...]	2003-10-31 14:32:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL DR
03SANTODOMINGO6168	DOMINICAN ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW DIPLOMATIC POSTINGS [...] (U) President Mejia signed several executive orders on October 30, appointing new diplomats to various posts. Changes in Dominican posts in the U.S. are as follows: a. Virginia Esposito is the new Deputy Chief of Mission at the Dominican Embassy, replacing Luis Alvarez Rivera (resigned); [...]	2003-10-31 15:36:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV OFDP ETRD DR
03SANTODOMINGO6178	REQUEST FOR REGISTRATION: MAY 2004 (PE-222) TRADE [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-31 17:39:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON AFSI AFSN
03SANTODOMINGO6195	WHA 2004 SUMMER INTERN PROGRAM [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-31 19:33:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER
03SANTODOMINGO6202	PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION FOLLOW-UP [...] Embassy Santo Domingo responded to initial request (reftel B) via Santo Domingo 5020 dated September 17. 2003. We will forward e-copy of our cable to Joseph Bracken via email. HERTELL [...]	2003-10-31 21:24:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR
03SANTODOMINGO6302	PRESIDENT MEJIA PROMISES DOMINICAN TROOPS WILL [...] (C) Summary. President Mejia told the Ambassador of his deep concern for Dominican soldiers at risk in Iraq. After closely listening to the Ambassador's emphatic presentation on the need for continuing Dominican engagement, Mejia said that the Dominican battalion Iraq will remain in place as [...]	2003-11-05 11:17:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS MCAP PREL PGOV DR
03SANTODOMINGO6327	GODR ON CUBA AT THE UNGA AND THE IBERO-AMERICAN [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-05 14:04:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD CU DR
03SANTODOMINGO6408	DEMARCHE ON NOTIFICATION OF NEW TEDS REGULATIONS [...] On November 5, Embassy Santo Domingo delivered demarche by facsimile on notification of new Turtle Excluder Device (TEDs) regulations to Cecilio Diaz Carela, head of the Department for Marine and Coastal Policy, Dominican Ministry of Environment. Embassy will report any response from Dominic [...]	2003-11-06 22:09:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS ETTC SENV
03SANTODOMINGO6409	REQUEST FOR FAA TO ACCELERATE LEGAL REVIEW OF [...] SUMMARY. During the November 4 U.S.-Dominican Trade and Investment Council meeting in Washington, D.C., Dominican Ambassador to the U.S. Hugo Guilliani raised the topic of his country's current ICAO Category II status. The FAA is currently reviewing the Dominican Civil Aviation Law "draft", [...]	2003-11-07 11:03:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	BTIO EAIR EIND ETRD DR
03SANTODOMINGO6424	GODR EXTRADITES TWO FUGITIVES (TEJADA, RODOLFO AND [...] On November 4, 2003, Rodolfo Tejada and Francisco Jose Estevez were extradited from the Dominican Republic in the company of US Marshals. Tejada is wanted to stand trial on federal narcotics charges. Upon arrival on a flight from Santo Domingo to Miami International Airport, U.S. Department [...]	2003-11-07 15:08:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN KCRM KFRD PINR SNAR DR
03SANTODOMINGO6426	U.S. MIDEAST UNGA STRATEGY LETTER AND DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-07 15:08:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAL OPDC
03SANTODOMINGO6442	90-DAY GOALS MET IN 90 DAYS - SANTO DOMINGO [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy Santo Domingo has met all three of its 90-day goals set forth in reftel B. Emboffs have: a.) Increased the Dominican's readiness for CAFTA docking talks, b.) Secured GODR agreement for international election observers and identified potential observers, and c.) Convin [...]	2003-11-07 19:07:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON KCRM SNAR AMGT DR
03SANTODOMINGO6486	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: SUCCESSFUL NATIONAL WORK [...] (C) Summary: A national work stoppage November 11, successfully organized by leftist groups and a few unions to protest deteriorating economic conditions and the government's economic policies, attracted wide participation and shut down businesses across the country. Although most cities rem [...]	2003-11-13 01:29:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR ELAB PINS PGOV
03SANTODOMINGO6538	PRESIDENT MEJIA AND FOREIGN MINISTER RESPOND TO [...] (C) Charge delivered reftel B demarche to GODR Foreign Minister Francisco Guerrero Prats on November 12. Ambassador Hertell placed a follow-up call to the Foreign Minister on November 13, to emphasize the importance of the UNGA votes. Guerrero Prats said that normally the Dominican Republic w [...]	2003-11-13 19:16:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL DR
03SANTODOMINGO6541	TERRORIST FINANCING COORDINATION OFFICER: SANTO [...] (SBU) Embassy Santo Domingo Terrorist Financing Coordination Officer is DCM Lisa Kubiske. She is available on Dept classified and unclassified e-mail; unclassified e-mail from outside the Department should be addressed to kubiskel@state.gov. Direct telephone is (809) 731-4205. 2. (SBU) Po [...]	2003-11-13 19:53:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER EFIN ETTC PREL KVPR DR
03SANTODOMINGO6579	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ELECTION LOGISTICS ON TRACK FOR [...] Summary: Elections Director Gilberto Cruz Herasme, a top technical supervisor of the GODR's Central Election Board (JCE),has told us the JCE is "90 percent" on track with its published timetable of preparations for the May 16 presidential election. He flagged two problems: lack of agreement [...]	2003-11-15 20:34:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR EAID PGOV
03SANTODOMINGO6580	CAFTA LABOR TEAM VISITS DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] (U) Summary. On November 5-7 an inter-agency team discussed labor issues with the Dominican Republic in advance of free trade negotiations. In meetings with the Minister of Labor, leaders in Congress, civil society, employer federations and emboffs, team leader Assistant USTR Clatanoff stress [...]	2003-11-15 20:34:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD KCRM PHUM DR
03SANTODOMINGO6581	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ELECTION LOGISTICS ON TRACK FOR [...] Summary: Elections Director Gilberto Cruz Herasme, a top technical supervisor of the GODR's Central Election Board (JCE),has told us the JCE is "90 percent" on track with its published timetable of preparations for the May 16 presidential election. He flagged two problems: lack of agreement [...]	2003-11-15 20:34:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR EAID PGOV
03SANTODOMINGO6582	HOW BEST TO SUPPORT U.S. INTERESTS IN THE [...] (SBU) The difficult economic situation in the Dominican Republic, coinciding with the early stages of a presidential campaign, presents a complex of challenges to United States interests in the country. I consider it essential to continue to support the administration of President Hipolito M [...]	2003-11-15 20:42:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EFIN ETRD DR
03SANTODOMINGO6664	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS SERIES #1: SIX MONTHS TO THE [...] (SBU) Following is the first in a series on the presidential elections in the Dominican Republic. (begin text) SIX MONTHS TO THE PRESIDENTIALS Incumbent Hipolito Mejia of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) is hitting about 20 percent in various polls in the Dominican Republ [...]	2003-11-19 19:15:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN ETRD DR
03SANTODOMINGO6669	DOMINICAN ELECTION SERIES #2: PRD AND PRSC -- [...] Following is the second in Embassy Santo Domingo's series on the 2004 presidential elections: (begin text) PRD and PRSC - - STRETCHING UNTIL THEY BREAK (Meetings sponsored over the weekend by rivals in the parties provided the spectacle of splits and the prospect of breakdown.) Ri [...]	2003-11-19 20:39:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV DR
03SANTODOMINGO6670	SANTO DOMINGO DELIVERS UNGA 3RD COMMITTEE POINTS [...] Poloff delivered reftel talking points on November 17, to Dominican Deputy Director for International Organizations, Ambassador Rhadys Abreu de Polanco. Ambassador Abreu had no immediate comment. Substantive comment will be reported septel. KUBISKE [...]	2003-11-19 20:57:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM IR DR
03SANTODOMINGO6671	DOMINICAN BANKING SERIES #1: BANINTER CASE - WILL [...] (U) Following is the first in a series of reports on the Dominican banking sector. (Begin Text) BANINTER CASE -- WILL IT GET PROSECUTED? (C) Dominican banking officials have been gratified by USG interest in the investigation of the case of "Ramoncito" Baez Figueroa's Baninter, which c [...]	2003-11-20 11:07:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN PGOV EAID CJAN DR
03SANTODOMINGO6705	DOMINICAN INSIDER VIEW OF FINANCIAL ISSUES, IMF [...] (U) On November 20 Technical Secretary of the Dominican Presidency Carlos Despradel called on DCM to outline state of play with the IMF. He provided current copies of the worksheets elaborated with IMF help. (See separate pages.) Following is his presentation (i.e., his views). 2. (SBU) [...]	2003-11-20 21:44:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV DR
03SANTODOMINGO6706	GODR SUPPORT OF US BACKED UNGA POSITIONS [...] Poloff delivered reftel A and B talking points to Ambassador Rhadys Abreu de Polanco, Deputy Director of the International Organizations Desk at the Dominican Foreign Ministry. Reftel B diplomatic note was delivered to the Foreign Ministry on November 12th. 2. Ambassador Abreu told polof [...]	2003-11-20 22:11:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL DR
03SANTODOMINGO6707	GODR SUPPORT OF US BACKED UNGA POSITIONS ON IRAN [...] Poloff delivered reftel A and B talking points to Ambassador Rhadys Abreu de Polanco, Deputy Director of the International Organizations Desk at the Dominican Foreign Ministry. Reftel B diplomatic note was delivered to the Foreign Ministry on November 12th. 2. Ambassador Abreu told polof [...]	2003-11-20 22:13:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL DR
03SANTODOMINGO6746	ORAL MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY ON IRAQI POLITICAL [...] ECOPOL Counselor delivered Secretary's message and Embassy's informal translation to Vice Foreign Minister on November 19 and scheduled an appointment to discuss it on November 21. HERTELL [...]	2003-11-21 19:28:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL
03SANTODOMINGO6826	DOMINICAN ELECTION SERIES #3: POLITICAL PARTIES [...] (SBU) Following is the third in our series on the Dominican presidential election: POLITICAL PARTIES GIRD FOR CAMPAIGN The May 2004 presidential election in the Dominican Republic will be the first in more than two decades not to be decided by the late strongman and ex-president Joaquin Ba [...]	2003-11-25 22:23:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR PGOV
03SANTODOMINGO6857	DOMINICAN BANKING SERIES #2 - BANCREDITO FAILURE [...] (U) The following is the second in a series of reports on fraud cases in the Dominican financial sector. (begin text) (U) BANCREDITO (U) The District Attorney for the city of Santo Domingo issued arrest warrants on Friday afternoon, November 7, for Manuel Arturo Pellerano Pena and Juan [...]	2003-11-26 18:55:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV KCOR KCRM DR
03SANTODOMINGO6871	DOMINICAN TREASURY CONCERN ABOUT IMF NEGOTIATIONS, [...] (SBU) Summary. Dominican Technical Secretary of the Presidency Carlos Despradel says that President Mejia and his team are close to an agreement with the IMF but are concerned that speculation in the foreign exchange market may be undermining all calculations. Strong action against speculat [...]	2003-11-26 20:51:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV DR
03SANTODOMINGO6875	FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST NO. 200301573 [...] Post regrets the delay in fulfilling the request as stated in Reftel, but finds the request as worded, "for all documents related to the Ambassador since his arrival at post", too broad in scope. 2. Please provide clarification in a more specific and/or defined scope for this request. KU [...]	2003-11-28 12:49:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	AINF SNAR PREL CO
03SANTODOMINGO6906	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Summary. There were no terrorist attacks or known terrorism related activities in the GODR during calendar year 2003. The GODR continues to work closely with the USG in the fight on global terrorism. End Summary. 2. Embassy Santo Domingo submits the following responses keyed to reftel [...]	2003-11-28 20:19:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER DR
03SANTODOMINGO6907	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT [...] (C) MFA Legal Adviser Jorge Santiago is waiting for comments on the Article 98 agreement from other government branches. 2. (C) Ambassador, in conversations with President Mejia on November 22 and 24, stressed the urgency of the Dominican Republic's ratifying its signed ICC Article 98 bila [...]	2003-11-28 21:23:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PREL
03SANTODOMINGO6931	DOMINICAN ELECTION SERIES #4 -- RE-ELECTIONISM [...] (SBU) Following is the fourth in our series on the Dominican presidential election: RE-ELECTIONISM (U) Why does Dominican President Hipolito Mejia continue to drive toward re-election, in the face of increasingly vocal dissent? The business sector and politicans are deeply worried about [...]	2003-12-01 22:26:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV DR
03SANTODOMINGO6952	WORKPLAN FOR DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - HOW THE UNITED [...] (SBU) At your request in response to my thoughts reftel, I am providing to you in this message my suggestions for a calendar-based plan for U.S. Government actions to exert a positive influence on the economic and political situation in the Dominican Republic. I was heartened by Washington's [...]	2003-12-02 23:11:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID EFIN PHUM MARR DR
03SANTODOMINGO6999	PRESIDENT MEJIA SETS UP INVESTIGATION TO GET THE [...] (U) Summary. In a December 2 meeting, President Mejia insisted that the exchange rate must go down sharply and told attendees that military and police officers will be watching exchange houses to detect questionable transactions. Most exchange houses have agreed not to sell dollars for more than [...]	2003-12-04 10:59:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ECIN DR
03SANTODOMINGO7095	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EXTRADITES NINE FUGITIVES [...] On December 2, 2003, nine fugitives were extradited from the Dominican Republic in the company of U.S. Marshals. All fugitives were flown to San Juan, Puerto Rico. From there, they will be delivered to the jurisdictions which have issued warrants for their arrests. The following list of fug [...]	2003-12-08 11:04:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN KCRM KFRD PINR SNAR DR
03SANTODOMINGO7132	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #6: PRD'S RUMP: HATUEY, [...] (SBU) Following is the sixth in Embassy Santo Domingo's presidential election series: PRD'S RUMP: HATUEY, HATUEY, HE'S OUR MAN Party President Hatuey De Camps was the winner of the rump nationwide primary election on December 7 organized by his dissident faction of the ruling Dominican Re [...]	2003-12-08 20:52:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR PGOV
03SANTODOMINGO7134	DOMINICAN PESO STEADY ONE WEEK AFTER PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Dominican Peso (RD) continues to hold steady against the dollar one week after President Mejia talked it down while appointing a commission headed by military and police to counter alleged irregularities in trading(reftel). Foreign exchange houses and banks were buying dol [...]	2003-12-09 10:59:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN ECON ECIN DR
03SANTODOMINGO7194	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR UN HUMAN [...] (U) DRL PDAS Ambassador Michael Kozak and DRL Office of Multilateral Affairs Deputy Director Lynn Sicade visited the Dominican Republic November 20-22 to build support for the UN Commission on Human Rights, in which the GODR will participate starting next year. Meetings with local governmenta [...]	2003-12-10 17:37:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL OVIP DR
03SANTODOMINGO7304	ASSISTANT SECRETARY NORIEGA ADDRESSES DOMINICAN [...] Summary. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA) Roger Noriega addressed a joint meeting of the Dominican Congress on December 10 in the Senate chamber. He urged congressional representatives to act quickly on a 2004 budget and he laid out U.S. views on the pending [...]	2003-12-12 21:53:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OVIP PREL PHUM MARR DR
03SANTODOMINGO7306	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC SIGNS SOFA WITH KUWAIT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-15 11:22:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR MARR PREL
03SANTODOMINGO7342	AMBASSADOR MOBILIZES DIPLOMATIC INITIATIVE AGAINST [...] (SBU) Summary. On December 2, the Ambassador urged eight ambassadors of the OECD "Dublin Group" of the need for strong coordinated action against banking fraud and corruption. Ambassadors agreed on the poor state of the economy, the need for free and fair presidential elections, and the abili [...]	2003-12-15 17:41:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON DR
03SANTODOMINGO7343	DOMINICAN PRESS PRAISE FOR AMBASSADOR HERTELL [...] Dominican newspapers have reacted favorably to the Ambassador's recent actions staking out the U.S. position on free and fair presidential elections. They recently carried a number of accounts stressing U.S. impartiality in Dominican politics, based on comments from leaders of opposition pol [...]	2003-12-15 17:41:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV DR
03SANTODOMINGO7344	DOMINICAN AUTHORITIES REQUEST USG LOAN OF 950M FOR [...] Following is an unofficial Embassy translation of one of two letters from Dominican authorities to Treasury Under Secretary Taylor requesting USG assistance, received the first week of December. Copies were faxed directly to Treasury and originals have been pouched. (begin text) Technical Secreta [...]	2003-12-15 17:41:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR ECON EFIN
03SANTODOMINGO7346	DOMINICAN AUTHORITIES REQUEST USG BRIDGE LOAN FOR [...] Following is the unofficial Embassy translation of the text of a letter from the Dominican authorities to Treasury Under Secretary Taylor dated December 5, requested a bridge loan of USDOLS 60 million for the energy sector. Copy was faxed to Treasury on December 5; original follows by pouch. [...]	2003-12-15 17:42:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR ECON ENRG
03SANTODOMINGO7395	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #8: MEJIA'S PRD OPPONENTS -- [...] (SBU) Following is number 8 in our Dominican election series: MEJIA'S PRD OPPONENTS -- OVERRULED OR WITHDRAWN PRD President Hatuey De Camps and a group of supporters came to Embassy Santo Domingo this afternoon, December 16, to say they expected that at 4 pm -- half an hour from now -- th [...]	2003-12-16 20:31:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV DR
03SANTODOMINGO7406	DOMINICAN ELECTION SERIES #9: AMBASSADOR DISHES [...] (SBU) Following is number 9 in our series on the Dominican elections: AMBASSADOR DISHES OUT U.S. MESSAGE ON ELECTIONS WHILE PLD SERVES UP VANILLA Almost two weeks ago, on December 3, the Ambassador hosted senior reps of the opposition Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) to a lunch at his res [...]	2003-12-17 12:22:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR PGOV
03SANTODOMINGO7421	ASSISTANT SECRETARY NORIEGA MEETS DOMINICAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting Assistant Secretary Roger Noriega on December 11 discussed the presidential election campaign and proposed economic reforms with leaders of major opposition groups, including dissident factions of the ruling Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD). He said the USG wants to [...]	2003-12-17 15:29:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR ECON EFIN PGOV PREL
03SANTODOMINGO7427	ASSISTANT SECRETARY NORIEGA HEARS CONCERNS OF [...] (U) Summary: WHA Assistant Secretary Noriega heard leaders of Dominican civil society groups express deep concern about weak institutions and the GODR's apparent disregard for law. They see risks in the presidential election process, especially given the politicization of the Elections Board a [...]	2003-12-17 16:19:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OVIP EAID DR
03SANTODOMINGO7429	GODR WILL VOTE AGAINST UNGA PALESTINIAN RESOLUTION [...] (C) Ambassador Hertell spoke with GODR Foreign Minister Francisco Guerrero Prats this morning and requested the GODR to discourage the Palestinians from introducing a separate resolution in the UNGA regarding Israeli credentials. The Ambassador asked if such a resolution is introduced, for t [...]	2003-12-17 17:56:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL DR
03SANTODOMINGO7444	ASSISTANT SECRETARY NORIEGA DISCUSSES CUBA WITH EU [...] (C) The Ambassador and Assistant Secretary Noriega Hertell met December 11 with the EU Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, Miguel Amado, who also has responsibility for Cuba. Noriega expressed his hope that the USG and the EU could work together on Cuban issues, and emphasized our effort t [...]	2003-12-18 12:10:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CU
03SANTODOMINGO7456	ASSISTANT SECRETARY NORIEGA GETS IMF READOUT ON [...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 11 meeting, International Monetary Fund representatives told WHA Assistant Secretary Noriega that they were close to agreement on a new IMF program for the Dominican Republic, but expressed concern that recent steps by Mejia to "talk down" the exchange rate could [...]	2003-12-19 11:16:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN DR
03SANTODOMINGO7458	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 2004 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE [...] The following updates the National Trade Estimate Report for the Dominican Republic as requested by Reftel for 2004. TRADE SUMMARY For January through September of 2003, the United States had a trade deficit with the Dominican Republic of $112 million, a deterioration of $263 million from [...]	2003-12-19 11:18:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETRD EINV
03SANTODOMINGO7469	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: IMF RESREP ON TECHNICAL [...] IMF ResRep Ousmene Mendeng (PLEASE PROTECT) confirmed to USAID Director and EcoPol counselor on December 18 that local press reports are generally accurate concerning the elements of the technical agreement with the IMF. The agreed overall deficit target is 3.5 pct of GDP. (Note: press on De [...]	2003-12-19 12:38:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR EFIN
03SANTODOMINGO7489	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #10: ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (U) Following is number 10 in our Dominican presidential election series: ASSISTANT SECRETARY NORIEGA PLUGS CLEAN ELECTIONS -- DOMINICAN ELECTION BOARD ASSERTS THEY WILL BE 2. (SBU) Summary: Visiting WHA Assistant Secretary Noriega, with the Ambassador and other U.S. officials, called on [...]	2003-12-19 23:25:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR PGOV PHUM PREL
03SANTODOMINGO7490	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #11: PRD PRIMARY SLIPS TO 2004 [...] (SBU) Following is number 11 in our Dominican presidential election series: PRD PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY: SHOW POSTPONED AGAIN, CAST UNCERTAIN As foreseen in Ref A, President Mejia's three challengers in the PRD presidential primary that had been rescheduled for December 21 pulled out, amid ch [...]	2003-12-19 23:33:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR PGOV
03SANTODOMINGO7535	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT [...] (C) As reported reftel, the Deputy Secretary of State for Foreign Relations on November 28 undertook to have the MFA legal office provide appropriate points of contact for us to engage directly with government and non-government entities that have not yet provided comments on the signed Article [...]	2003-12-23 20:05:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR MARR PREL
03SANTODOMINGO7536	HAITIAN AMBASSADOR TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC RESIGNS: [...] (C) On December 18 the Haitian Ambassador to the Dominican Republic Guy Alexandre called on the Ambassador and Acting DCM to confirm his resignation. The sudden news (prompted by the violent December 5 crackdown on student demonstrators in Haiti) was widely covered December 16 while Ambassador [...]	2003-12-23 20:51:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR DR HA
03SANTODOMINGO7566	BANKING SERIES #3: FORMER BANINTER EXECUTIVES [...] The following is the third in a series of reports on the Dominican Banking sector. 2. On December 20, an Appeals Court panel of three judges ruled to allow the release of former Baninter President Ramon Baez Figueroa and Vice-President Marcos Baez Cocco on RD $100 million bail each. Afte [...]	2003-12-24 17:52:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KJUS PGOV PINR
03SANTODOMINGO7567	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #12: HATUEY IN CHECK, NO END [...] (SBU) Following is number 12 in our Dominican presidential election series: PRD PRIMARIES: HATUEY IN CHECK, BUT NO END GAME YET FOR THE NOMINATION The Central Electoral Board (JCE) on December 22 issued a ruling that many observers here believe will advance President Mejia's controversial [...]	2003-12-24 18:05:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR PGOV
03SANTODOMINGO7568	LIBYA ADMITS WMD PROGRAMS; U.S. REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-24 20:25:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR KNNP LY MNUC PARM PREL
03SANTODOMINGO7570	DOLLARS SCARCE AT OFFICIAL RATE -- BLACK MARKET GROWING [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-29 11:03:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ECIN DR
03SANTODOMINGO7604	SPECIAL SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS: DOMINICAN RESPONSE [...] (SBU) On December 30 Acting DCM delivered demarche (ref A) to Secretary of Foreign Relations Frank Guerrero Prats. Prats reiterated that the Government of the Dominican Republic (GODR) stands ready to support U.S. sponsored initiatives. He asked that emboffs contact the Foreign Relations Secr [...]	2003-12-30 18:32:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	KSUM PREL ECON
03TEGUCIGALPA1069	ADVISORY OPINION REQUEST 212(A)(2)(I) -- INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN BANHCRESER SCHEME IN HONDURAS [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 6 and 17. -------------------------- SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST -------------------------- 2. (SBU) In July 2001, the Attorney General of Honduras initiated an investigation of certain activities of the principal officers of Banco Hondureno [...]	2003-05-07 21:38:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	CVIS KFRD EFIN HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1309	HONDURAN COMMISSION ASSIGNS RESPONSIBILITY FOR LA [...] (SBU) Summary: A Special Commission of the Honduran National Council for Internal Security (CONASIN) has issued a report assigning responsibility to GOH security forces and prison "trusties" for the majority of the 68 deaths that occurred in an April 5 incident at the El Porvenir prison, locat [...]	2003-06-06 18:19:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS ASEC ELAB PINR HO
03TEGUCIGALPA548	HOSTAGE SITUATION IN NAHUATERIQUE POCKET ON BORDER [...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 25 at around 10:00am a Honduran patrol comprised of seven police and four military personnel was surrounded by approximately 400 compesinos in the Nahuaterique pocket on the border with El Salvador. The incident occurred after the patrol had confiscated a number of c [...]	2003-02-27 23:21:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS PHUM PREL PTER ECON PINR ES HO
03ZAGREB995	GOC LURCHING FORWARD ON IMPLEMENTING MINORITIES LAW [...] (C) IN DECEMBER 2002, THE CROATIAN PARLIAMENT PASSED A CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00995 01 OF 03 061502Z NEW "CONSTITUTIONAL LAW ON NATIONAL MINORITIES." THAT LAW WAS WIDELY HAILED BY THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AS A REASONABLE COMPROMISE AND A STEP FORWAR [...]	2003-05-06 14:50:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HR IT
04BOGOTA11373	GOC IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS DENY ENTRY TO FOUR INTERNATIONAL UNION LEADERS [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the weekend of October 30-31, GOC immigration officials denied entry to four international labor leaders, including one U.S. citizen, and cancelled the tourist visas of approximately 60 others, while permitting them to stay for a period of three days pending resolution of t [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PGOV CVIS CASC CO
04BOGOTA11421	FOLLOW-UP MEETING WITH FATHER JOAKIN MAYORGA [...] (C) Summary: On November 3, Father Joakin Mayorga visited the Embassy to discuss the status of an investigation by the Office of the Prosecutor General ("Fiscalia") into accusations made by two Army officers that he had committed criminal misrepresentation. In February, Mayorga alleged -- on [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KIRF KJUS PTER PINR CO
04BOGOTA12434	A/S TAYLOR MEETING WITH PRESIDENT URIBE [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-06 20:17:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	ASEC CO KJUS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
04BOGOTA12533	VIP PERSONAL PROTECTION PROGRAM STATUS REPORT [...] (S/NF) The following VIP Personal Protection Status Report addresses the protection training program for President Uribe, the Vice President, the Minister of Defense, and the Mayor of Bogota. 2. (S/NF) Training: --Chemical sensitive explosive detection devices, known as vapor tracers, ha [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	ASEC PTER
04BOGOTA13087	GOC PRESENTS HUMAN RIGHTS STATUS REPORT TO G-24 [...] (SBU) On December 15, President Uribe, Vice President Santos and several other GOC officials presented a human rights status report to the G-24 Ambassadors and NGO representatives in preparation for the London Declaration follow-up conference in Cartagena on February 3-4, 2005. The proceeding [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PTER EAID CO
04BOGOTA1680	GOC TAKING ACTION AGAINST PARAMILITARY CEASE-FIRE [...] (C) Since agreeing to a unilateral cease-fire in late November 2002, Colombia's major paramilitary groups -- the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC),Central Bolivar Bloc (BCB) and Eastern Alliance have committed at least 370 murders, kidnappings, and other human rights violations nat [...]	2004-02-18 19:19:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KJUS PTER SNAR PHUM CO AUC PGOV
04BOGOTA1748	UNHCHR REPORT ON COLOMBIA [...] (C) Summary: The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) in Colombia is finalizing its report for Geneva on the GOC's compliance with its 27 human rights recommendations. The report is likely to criticize the GOC for slow and uneven implementation of the recommendations [...]	2004-02-20 17:20:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL CO UNGA
04BOGOTA2434	GOC CONTINUING TO CONFRONT PARAMILITARIES [...] (C) Summary: In the face of AUC and other paramilitary groups' failure to fulfill the unilateral cease-fire pledge (reftel),the security forces continue to confront paramilitaries throughout the country. Since the beginning of 2003, almost 3,000 paramilitaries have been captured, killed, or [...]	2004-03-02 22:05:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SNAR PGOV ASEC CO AUC
04BOGOTA2692	GOC ANNOUNCES CAMPAIGN TO HIGHLIGHT LABOR RIGHTS [...] (U) To address the international community's concerns about human rights violations against trade union members, Vice-President Santos briefed ambassadors of member states of the ILO's Governing Body on GOC advances in promoting workers' human rights and tripartite dialogue. In addition to ci [...]	2004-03-02 22:05:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL CO
04BOGOTA3373	UPDATE ON VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLES PROCESS IN [...] (SBU) British Petroleum (BP) and the Colombian Association of Petroleum Producers (ACP) hosted a briefing for British and U.S. emboffs on ACP's draft work plan regarding the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights (VPs) for the extractive industry. ACP and BP requested USG and UK as [...]	2004-04-01 18:16:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EPET PHUM PREL CO
04BOGOTA3492	PRESIDENTIAL SECURITY PROGRAM MISSION STATUS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-05 11:29:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER
04BOGOTA3628	GOC AIRS CONCERNS OVER CALIFORNIA LAWSUIT AGAINST [...] (U)SUMMARY: The MFA has notified the Embassy of its concern over a pending lawsuit in Federal District Court in California concerning the controversial bombing of the Colombian village of Santo Domingo in 1998 (see reftels),which it fears may have negative repercussions on bilateral relation [...]	2004-04-07 16:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KJUS EPET CO PROL
04BOGOTA3676	COLOMBIAN AVIATION: THE ONLY WAY IS UP [...] (U) Summary: 2003 was a tough year for Colombian airlines due to a drop in passenger traffic and high operational and fuel costs. Avianca, the nation's largest carrier, entered Chapter 11 reorganization in New York, and is up for sale. A Brazilian consortium has offered to take over Avianc [...]	2004-04-12 15:13:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAIR CO
04BOGOTA3714	MILITARY ERROR IN CAJAMARCA CAUSES 5 CIVILIAN [...] (U) On the night of April 10 in the municipality of Cajamarca, Tolima department, soldiers from the Pijoas Battalion of the Colombian Army's Sixth Brigade killed five civilians -- including a 6-month-old infant -- who soldiers mistook in the dark for FARC guerrillas. Cajamarca is an area with [...]	2004-04-13 14:52:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MASS PHUM PINR PREL PTER KJUS CO
04BOGOTA4176	CASTANO'S FATE UNKNOWN [...] (C) Carlos Castano's fate remains unclear after an April 16 armed confrontation between Castano's personnel and unidentified individuals in Antioquia Department. The most often heard scenario is that Castano's brother and fellow paramilitary commander Vicente Castano was behind the attack in [...]	2004-04-23 23:21:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER PINR PGOV PINS PREL SNAR CO AUC
04BOGOTA4506	U/S GROSSMAN MEETS WITH VICE-PRESIDENT SANTOS [...] (C) On April 29, U/S Grossman met Vice-President Santos. Grossman said that the USG supports Plan Patriota, and praised the GOC's accomplishments in combating narcotics and terrorism. The U/S stressed that the USG will insist on maintaining extradition as an effective law enforcement tool, a [...]	2004-05-03 22:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SNAR CO
04BOGOTA5327	GOC ORDERED TO COMPENSATE FAMILIES OF VICTIMS OF [...] On May 25, the Administrative Tribunal of Arauca department ordered the Government of Colombia to pay 2 billion pesos (approximately USD 770,000) to the families of 17 persons killed in an Air Force bombing of the village of Santo Domingo, Arauca department, in December 1998. The Tribunal rul [...]	2004-05-26 20:51:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM MARR MASS PTER PINR PREL CO
04BOGOTA9093	PLAN COLOMBIA IMPLEMENTATION MEETING ROUND-UP, [...] The following is an update of some Plan Colombia-related activities reported during the Embassy Plan Colombia Implementation Meetings of August, 2004. --- RSO --- 2. Anti-Terrorism Assistance (ATA) Program Managers Ed Lee and Jim Schnaible visited post from August 16-21. The purpose o [...]	2004-09-08 19:13:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO KPRM
04BOGOTA9206	DEMARCHE ON HUMAN RIGHTS CERTIFICATION DELIVERED [...] Embassy reiterated reftels demarche and explained the US human rights certification process and special cases of concern to Acting FM Jaime Giron on September 7. Giron expressed the GOC's commitment to facilitating the certification process and said he would pass our specific concerns to FM C [...]	2004-09-13 16:29:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM CO
04BOGOTA9364	U/S GROSSMAN'S MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT URIBE AND [...] (C) Summary. On September 9, Under Secretary for Political Affairs Marc Grossman had separate meetings with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe and Vice-President Francisco Santos in Cartagena. Grossman thanked Uribe and Santos for their efforts to secure the safe release of the three American [...]	2004-09-16 15:07:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SNAR KJUS CVIS CO
04BOGOTA9526	FISCALIA ISSUES PREVENTIVE DETENTION ORDERS IN [...] (S/NF) On September 16, the Office of the Prosecutor General ("Fiscalia") issued preventive detention orders against one officer, two enlisted men, and a civilian informant in the ongoing investigation of the killing of three trade unionists on August 5. The three soldiers had been in Fiscali [...]	2004-09-20 22:44:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	ELAB PHUM PGOV ETRD PTER KJUS CO ILO
04BRASILIA1160	SECOND MEETING OF TREASURY-FINMIN "GROUP FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Treasury U/S for International Affairs John Taylor, Ministry of Finance Treasury Secretary Joaquim Levy, and Economic Policy Secretary Marcos Lisboa presided on April 19 in Rio de Janeiro over the second meeting of the Treasury/Ministry of Finance Group for Growth (GfG),an o [...]	2004-05-13 14:15:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ELAB PREL EINV BR
04BRASILIA1450	BRAZIL'S PRISONS IN STATE OF CRISIS [...] SUMMARY. The three-day rebellion in Benfica Prison in Rio de Janeiro ended May 31, taking place six weeks after the gruesome rebellion in the Urso Branco prison in Brazil's western Rondonia state. The two uprisings were not isolated events, but rather are manifestations of the crisis in Bra [...]	2004-06-14 13:11:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV SOCI KCRM BR
04BRASILIA1668	PIRACY CPI CLOSES WITH SERIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS [...] SUMMARY: The Chamber of Deputies' Parliamentary Investigative Commission (CPI) on Piracy and Tax Evasion released a draft version of its final report on June 8, making recommendations of unprecedented scope for Brazil, including draft legislation, revisions to the penal procedures code and th [...]	2004-07-06 19:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR KCRM PGOV ECON BR IPR
04BRASILIA2017	GSP: FIRST US-BRAZIL IPR WORKING GROUP MEETING [...] (C) Summary. As a result of the 90-day extension announced on June 30, 2004 for review of Brazil's trade benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP),a bilateral IPR Working Group held its inaugural session on August 5 in Rio de Janeiro to discuss IPR enforcement issues. The W [...]	2004-08-11 12:28:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KIPR BR IPR
04BRASILIA2151	BRAZIL: RESPONSE TO ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL AS [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered ref A talking points to Ministry of Foreign Relations Sensitive Technologies and Disarmament Division (MRE/DDS) Deputy Director Manuel Montenegro, who is well versed on Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) matters. Montenegro had participated in the recent NSG plenary meeting [...]	2004-08-26 20:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KNNP MNUC ETTC PREL PARM BR NPT IAEA
04BRASILIA2506	RESULTS OF BRAZILIAN OCTOBER 3 ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-04 19:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI BR
04BRASILIA2605	GOB Focuses on Key Projects to Help Close [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction. With exports rapidly increasing, Brazil's transportation infrastructure is bursting at the seams. The country's inefficient (and insufficient) ports, its deficient roads, and its decrepit rail network serve as bottlenecks to the timely dispatch of commercial [...]	2004-10-19 15:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EWWT ETRD BR
04BRASILIA2680	AMBASSADOR AND PLANNING MINISTER MANTEGA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. IN THE AMBASSADOR'S OCTOBER 20 COURTESY CALL UPON GOB PLANNING MINISTER GUIDO MANTEGA, THE LATTER EMPHASIZED BRAZIL'S NEED FOR INCREASED PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INVESTMENT. MANTEGA FELT THAT BRAZIL WAS ON THE RIGHT TRACK AND THAT THE SUCCESS, TO DATE, OF THE GOB'S [...]	2004-10-26 19:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD EIND BR
04BRASILIA2742	RESULTS OF SECOND ROUND OF BRAZIL'S MUNICIPAL [...] SUMMARY. Brazil's 2004 election cycle has come to an end. With second-round runoffs in 43 cities on October 31, Brazilians have elected mayors and city councils in all 5,562 municipalities nationwide. The most closely-watched races went as expected: Jose Serra (PSDB) defeated incumbent Marta [...]	2004-11-01 15:11:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI BR
04BRASILIA2885	CHINA'S ONE NOTE SAMBA WITH BRAZIL [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: On November 11 Brazil rolled out the red carpet for Chinese President Hu Jintao, in country for a five-day state visit. Commercial issues dominated the bilateral discussions. In its demand that Brazil recognize its "market economy" status in exchange for tra [...]	2004-11-23 12:35:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL ECON PHUM BEXP TSPL EAGR
04BRASILIA3089	DEMARCHE ON BRAZIL GSP/IPR REVIEW [...] (SBU) ON DECEMBER 9, AMBASSADOR AND SPECASST MET WITH AMBASSADOR ANTONIO DE AGUIAR PATRIOTA (THE FOREIGN MINISTER'S CHIEF OF STAFF) TO DELIVER REFTEL DEMARCHE AND TALKING POINTS. THE AMBASSADOR THANKED PATRIOTA FOR RECEIVING HIM FOR THE MEETING ON SHORT NOTICE. HE THEN TOLD PATRIOTA THAT HE [...]	2004-12-17 16:23:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD BR IPR

04BRASILIA727	BRAZIL: EXPANDING TIES WITH CENTRAL AMERICA [...] (SBU) Summary. The directors of Brazil's foreign policy have traditionally placed Central America on their periphery. Brazil has a history of peacekeeping in that region and runs a trade surplus, but the GoB has generally not expended a great deal of resources to expand its influence there. [...]	2004-03-25 19:47:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PINR PREL BR UNSC
04BRASILIA873	BRAZIL'S LANDLESS MOVEMENT - BACK ON THE MOVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After months of relative quiet, Brazil's Landless Movement (MST) has initiated a wave of land occupations timed to coincide with the anniversary of a 1996 massacre. Many occupations are in the northeastern state of Pernambuco, where other groups besides MST are active. In Bah [...]	2004-04-12 19:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV EAGR SOCI BR
04BRASILIA913	BRAZIL AND U.S. HOLD FRANK, CONSTRUCTIVE TALKS ON [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: U.S.-Brazil policy discussions in the Joint Standing Committee for Nuclear Energy Cooperation were positive, non-confrontational, and useful to both sides. While Brazil did not express new policy positions on high-profile issues such as the Additional Protocol (AP) or the Resen [...]	2004-04-15 17:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG KNNP PREL KSCA BR NPT
04CARACAS2563	VENEZUELAN REFERENDUM UPDATE: AUGUST 10 [...] (C) National Electoral Council (CNE) President Francisco Carrasquero August 9 warned the opposition and the media not to violate rules prohibiting the announcement of referendum results before the votes are officially counted August 15. Chavez supporters attacked opposition campaign workers in [...]	2004-08-10 21:07:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM VE OAS
04CARACAS2592	ECONOMIC ASPECT OF OPPOSITION CONSENSUS PLAN [...] (SBU) The Plan Consenso Pais ("National Consensus Plan"),launched June 9 by the Coordinadora Democratica, has a very strong economic focus. However, while long on optimism, it is short on details. For example, while it emphasizes job creation, it provides no specific method to create jobs; i [...]	2004-08-12 20:28:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV VE
04CARACAS2885	VENEZUELAN REGIONAL ELECTIONS: WHAT SHOULD BE AND [...] (C) Venezuela's gubernatorial, mayoral, and regional deputy elections, scheduled for October 31, are cloaked in uncertainty with little more than six weeks before the date. Procedurally, there are questions regarding who the members of the regional and municipal electoral boards will be, if th [...]	2004-09-16 11:24:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS3032	GOV MAKES BORDER AMBUSH LATEST CRISIS [...] (C) Five Venezuelan soldiers and an oil worker died on September 17 near the Colombian border in an apparent ambush by unidentified irregular forces. Speculation about the identity of the attackers includes the range of armed groups operating in the area. President Hugo Chavez deployed add [...]	2004-09-27 11:42:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PTER VE
04CARACAS363	CHAVEZ CONTINUES FIGHT WITH CENTRAL BANK AT A [...] (C) President Chavez has continued his campaign against the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV),on January 18 characterizing the Bank's international reserve holdings as "excessive." In a speech January 28, BCV Director Domingo Maza Zavala held firm, saying the reserves were necessary to maintai [...]	2004-02-02 16:54:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV VE
04CARACAS3936	AMBASSADOR VISITS VALENCIA, CAPITAL OF CARABOBO [...] (C) Ambassador's visit to the central city of Valencia on December 9 - 10, 2004 included meetings with the Governor and Mayor, although for the third consecutive trip, the military declined to meet. Newspaper coverage was excellent, and there was an abundance of media reporters and questions a [...]	2004-12-27 14:17:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON VE
04GUATEMALA1447	GUATEMALA: HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE #4-2004 [...] (U) This message summarizes significant recent developments relating to human rights, including: -- Executive Send CICIACS to Court (paras 2-3) -- Progress on Southcom Human Rights Initiative (4) -- Human Rights NGOs Speak Out on National Police (5) -- New Trial in Rio Negro Massacre [...]	2004-06-10 19:07:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN AORC GT
04GUATEMALA2416	DEMARCHE REQUEST: SCUTTLING THE DOMINICAN [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-21 20:02:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL GT DR XK
04GUATEMALA2429	DEMARCHE REQUEST: SCUTTLING THE DOMINICAN [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-23 21:52:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL DR XK GT
04HARARE2009	CHISSANO BOOSTS MUGABE AT ZANU-PF PARTY CONGRESS [...] (U) In an address to the ruling ZANU-PF,s Fourth Party Congress that was broadcast live on Zimbabwe state radio on December 3, Mozambican President Chissano recounted at length the close historical ties between his Frelimo party and ZANU-PF, and stressed in particular Mozambique's support for [...]	2004-12-13 15:51:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI ZANU PF
04JAKARTA8872	THE TASKS AHEAD FOR YUDHOYONO [...] (C) Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's projected win in the September 20 presidential runoff marks a resounding victory for Indonesian democracy. The challenger defeated a President who had forged an alliance with Indonesia's oldest and largest political parties, while credible reports indicated the [...]	2004-09-21 11:13:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KISL ID
04MAPUTO1114	STATE OF AFFAIRS OF MOZAMBICAN POLICE AND [...] SUMMARY. Over a period of three days, Ambassador and acting RSO met with the commissioner of the Mozambican national police (PRM),Miguel dos Santos, and the spokesperson of the PRM and head of the Community Policing Program, Nataniel Macama. Notable issues discussed included the state of crim [...]	2004-08-18 11:14:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PHUM SNAR KHIV MZ KCRM
04MAPUTO1228	59TH UNGA: REPUBLIC OF MOZAMBIQUE HIGH-LEVEL [...] Post has received detail regarding GRM's high-level attendance at the 59th UNGA. Information requested in reftel follows: A. Head of State will attend. Name and Title: His Excellency Joaquim Alberto Chissano, President of The Republic of Mozambique Arrival and Departure Dates: Not yet availa [...]	2004-09-14 15:57:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP MZ UNGA
04MAPUTO1260	MAPUTO INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PRIORITY LIST FOR FY-05 [...] PAS Maputo hereby submits a prioritized list of FY-05 Internationa Each candidate has full country team approval. The candidates and pr a.Suleimane Esep Amuji, RP Democratic Governance and Civic Partici b.Daniel Herminio Bento, RP Democratic Governance and Civic Partic c.Manuel Jose Dos Santos, [...]	2004-09-16 14:51:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL
04MAPUTO464	ALLEGATIONS AND ACCUSATIONS IN NAMPULA: UNCOVERING [...] Summary: Allegations of trafficking in human organs and children in the northern provincial capital of Nampula have riveted the public's attention for the past several months and received wide-spread press coverage. In the middle of the firestorm is a foreign couple accused of trafficking in o [...]	2004-04-02 09:38:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KCRM MZ
04MAPUTO515	MOZAMBIQUE ON DARFUR MONITORING MISSION [...] (U) Classified By: Econ/Pol Chief David Hodge for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on establishment of the Darfur Ceasefire Commission (CFC) the morning of April 14, 2004 with Ambassador Carlos dos Santos, President Chissano's diplomatic adviser and po [...]	2004-04-14 11:32:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SU MZ AU
04MAPUTO542	MOZAMBIQUE ON DARFUR CEASEFIRE MONITORING [...] (C) On April 20 the Ambassador delivered reftel (A) demarche to Ambassador Carlos dos Santos, diplomatic adviser to President Chissano. Dos Santos was not aware of what had transpired at the April 19 Addis meeting. He promised to brief President Chissano that afternoon at the Parliament before [...]	2004-04-20 14:37:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL SU CD MZ EUN
04MAPUTO544	MORE FROM MOZAMBIQUE ON DARFUR CEASEFIRE [...] (C) Following up on their meeting earlier that day (reftel A) on Darfur ceasefire monitoring arrangements (reftel B),late in the afternoon of April 20 the Ambassador spoke again with Ambassador Carlos dos Santos, diplomatic adviser to President Chissano. Dos Santos reported that he had spoken [...]	2004-04-20 15:33:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL SU CD MZ EUN
04MAPUTO675	ANIBALZINHO ESCAPES AGAIN, GRM EMBARRASSED [...] (U) On May 9, Anibal dos Santos Junior once again escaped from maximum security prison, creating a highly embarrassing situation for the GRM. "Anibalzinho" was serving the 28-year sentence he received in absentia in January 2003 for his central role in the November 2000 murder of journalist Car [...]	2004-05-20 15:59:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM KCOR KJUS ASEC MZ
04MAPUTO710	COMNAVEUR VISIT STRESSES MARITIME BORDER CONCERNS [...] (U) On May 20 and 21, Commander of U.S. Naval Forces Europe, Admiral Gregory G. Johnson visited Maputo and met with Mozambican officials. His meetings principally covered USG concerns over Mozambique's lack of coastal patrol capacity, Mozambican success in the African Union Peacekeeping Missio [...]	2004-05-28 10:35:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MASS PTER KHDP MZ EFIS PKO ACOTA
04NEWDELHI7013	NSSP PHASE ONE: REVIEWING ACHIEVEMENTS AND PENDING [...] (C) Summary: This is the first of two cables reporting on the Next Steps in Strategic Partnership (NSSP) Implementation Group. USG and GOI counterparts met in two positive and productive sessions of the NSSP Implementation Group on October 20-21 to review accomplishments under Phase One and [...]	2004-11-03 11:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNNP ETTC IN NSSP
04NEWDELHI7061	NSSP PHASE TWO: CHARTING THE COURSE [...] (C) Summary: After reviewing achievements made under Phase One (Ref A),the Next Steps in Strategic Partnership (NSSP) Implementation Group discussed the way forward on Phase Two, including legislation, enforcement, outreach, and training to strengthen export controls; adherence to MCTR and [...]	2004-11-05 09:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNNP ETTC IN NSSP
04NEWDELHI7248	INDIA UNDERSTANDS US EXPORT PROHIBITIONS, BUT [...] (C) Summary: As instructed in Ref A, in a separate meeting at the conclusion of the Next Steps in Strategic Partnership (NSSP) Implementation Group on October 21 (Refs B and C),Commerce Deputy Assistant Secretary Borman, and State Acting Office Director for Regional Affairs, Bureau of Non-P [...]	2004-11-16 12:47:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNNP ETTC IN NSSP
04PANAMA324	SCENESETTER: CODEL WELLER'S VISIT TO PANAMA [...] (U) Embassy Panama welcomes Codel Weller on their February 19-22 visit to Panama. You will have the opportunity to reiterate US appreciation for the ongoing security and drug enforcement cooperation between our two countries. Your visit highlights our governments' mutual focus on the strate [...]	2004-02-11 20:20:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC PREL ECON PM
04PANAMA810	PANAMA'S ELECTION CAMPAIGN: ALEMAN MAY BE COUNTING [...] (U) PolOffs recently toured Panama's Herrera and Los Santos provinces, meeting with Herrera's Electoral Tribunal Regional Director Hector Paulette, Arnulfista Party legislative challenger Pacifico Escalona and Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) Herrera elections coordinator Reynaldo Salerno. [...]	2004-04-06 21:08:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
04PANAMA85	SCENESETTER: AMBASSADOR OTTO REICH'S VISIT TO [...] (U) Embassy Panama welcomes Special Envoy for Western Hemisphere Initiatives Ambassador Otto Reich on his January 17 - 24 visit to Panama. You will have the opportunity to reiterate the Ambassador's good governance message to GOP officials, including Panamanian President Mireya Moscoso, priva [...]	2004-01-15 20:19:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD EWWT SNAR OVIP PM NAS
04PANAMA875	PANAMA'S FORMER PRESIDENT GUILLERMO ENDARA DRIVES [...] (SBU) His campaign may lack money and glitz and his poll numbers are stubbornly stuck in second place behind Martin Torrijos but former president Guillermo Endara (1989-1994) is confident his single-message campaign -- that he is Panama's only hope for honest government -- will catapult him to [...]	2004-04-14 22:12:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EAGR PM POL CHIEF
04PANAMA995	Rallies, a ceremony, and transition planning. [...] (SBU) Presidential candidates staged campaign closing rallies throughout the final week before Panama's Sunday, May 2 General Elections. EmbOffs met OAS observers to discuss Election Day plans on April 27. Electoral authorities announced final logistical arrangements and accepted control of [...]	2004-04-29 20:59:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR PM POL SPECIALIST
04PARIS9130	FRANCE AND SOUTHERN AFRICA [...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the first of several messages reviewing France's relations with Africa. The southern African region currently attracts less French attention than any other region of Africa. With no francophone countries, and only one country currently engaged in conflict (Angola, at muc [...]	2004-12-27 14:15:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AO BC LT MI MZ WA SF WZ ZA ZI ZU XA FR
04PRETORIA4748	TRADE LINKAGES DRIVING SOUTH AFRICA'S BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: Conversations with several Angola watchers from government, business, and academia yielded the common theme that South Africa's relationship with Angola will over the coming years be defined by burgeoning trade linkages between the two. South African firms are investing heavily [...]	2004-10-28 08:05:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	AO ETRD PREL SF EINV
04QUITO2447	ECUADOR CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD ON TRAFFICKING [...] (U) Summary. Ecuador continues to push ahead in its fight against trafficking in persons (TIP). The Embassy TIP working group met on September 1 to review GOE and USG efforts to combat TIP since the August 18th Presidential decree (Reftel). Raids on brothels continued, and the GOE is giving [...]	2004-09-08 16:30:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL EC
04QUITO2519	ECUADOR CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD ON TIP [...] Summary. Ecuador continues its strong fight against trafficking in persons (TIP),commercial sexual exploitation of minors (CSEM),and child pornography and has made additional progress since the last update. Congress is reviewing penal code reforms to change the definition of a minor to a ch [...]	2004-09-16 20:07:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL EC
04QUITO2980	TIER 2 WATCH LIST INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] Summary. Ecuador has taken significant steps since June to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). The government increased public awareness of the problem, reached out to source and destination countries, and established a national plan. The GOE has cooperated with the International Labor Or [...]	2004-11-12 19:07:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL EC
04ROME2171	Commerce DAS Eric Stewart Visit to Rome [...] (U) Summary and Introduction. On May 25, 2004, Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) of Commerce for Europe, Russia, and the Independent States Eric Stewart held discussions with Government of Italy (GOI) counterparts and met with local business representatives on trade and market access and compl [...]	2004-06-08 09:41:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD IT ECIP
04ROME2248	STATUS OF US MILITARY PROJECTS UNDERWAY AT ITALIAN [...] (C) Summary. Whatever final decisions are made with regard to the US military's Global Posture Review (GPR),changes emanating from the GPR will build upon numerous milcon and other projects already underway within Italy. Careful coordination will be required to ensure that these current proj [...]	2004-06-14 05:43:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL IT GLOBAL DEFENSE FORCES IN ITALY
04ROME2389	ELECTION RESULTS: SOMETHING GAINED, SOMETHING LOST [...] (U) In Italy's EU elections, the governing coalition obtained a total of 45.4 percent of the votes, compared to 46.1 percent obtained by all parties on the center left. The remaining 8.5 percent went to other smaller parties. mainly center-right oriented. The center-left now holds 37 seats, [...]	2004-06-18 15:42:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV IT ITALIAN POLITICS
04SANTODOMINGO1052	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP [...] Summary: Embassy on February 6 hosted a coordination meeting of local embassies of nations involved in the Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG). Poloff and NAS officer briefly sketched U.S. plans as CTAG chair for 2004 and ongoing U.S. law enforcement assistance programs relevant to countert [...]	2004-02-19 19:38:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PREL SNAR EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO1088	DOMINICAN PARIS CLUB NEGOTIATOR WILL NOT VISIT [...] DCM delivered talking points on Paris Club rescheduling and comparability of treatment for private sector creditors to Technical Secretary Carlos Despradel on February 20. Prior to discussing the non-paper Despradel emphasized that the GODR is determined to stick to the terms of the IMF progr [...]	2004-02-20 20:12:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO1094	DOMINICAN REACTION TO HAITI CRISIS [...] (SBU) Dominicans are apprehensive about the unraveling of Haiti, defensive about possible overflow onto their territory, and unwilling to take in any quantity of refugees. Reactions in the Dominican Republic to the unraveling of neighbor Haiti are mixed. The GODR has reinforced the border wi [...]	2004-02-20 23:58:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC DR HA
04SANTODOMINGO1174	AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON DOMINICAN PRESIDENT MEJIA [...] (C) Summary. Dominican President Hipolito Mejia heard out the Ambassador's request for the country to sponsor the Cuba resolution at the March session of the UNHCR but declined to make any commitment. Mejia said in the course of changes to be announced on national day he will remove several [...]	2004-02-24 22:38:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PHUM DR
04SANTODOMINGO1293	DOMINICAN IS THE NEW SECRETARY GENERAL FOR THE [...] Dominican sociologist Ruben Silie was unanimously elected the Secretary General of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) on February 12. His term will be four years. The ACS is an organization for consultation and cooperation among its 25 member states and three associate members. Its c [...]	2004-02-26 19:04:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV IO DR
04SANTODOMINGO1299	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #23 - POLITICS AFFECTS THE [...] (SBU) This is cable number 23 in our presidential election series. Politics affects the Supreme Court President Mejia's PRD appears to be positioning itself to pack the Supreme Court with PRD party members, less than three months before the presidential election, If Mejia loses the May 16 electio [...]	2004-02-26 20:14:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KJUS PGOV PREL DR
04SANTODOMINGO1300	DOMINICAN ELECTION #24: POLLS AND PARANOIA [...] (SBU) This is number 24 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: The Dominican Election: Polls and Paranoia Many Dominicans fear a stolen presidential election. With each succeeding poll that confirms opposition PLD candidate Leonel Fernandez's commanding lead over Presi [...]	2004-02-26 23:34:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO1319	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #25: MEJIA'S [...] (SBU) This is number 25 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: PRESIDENT MEJIA'S PUGNACIOUS CAMPAIGN SPEECH ON NATIONAL DAY In his ceremonial annual address to Congress on Independence Day February 27, President Mejia came off more as a feisty election campaigner on the defe [...]	2004-03-01 20:10:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN ENRG DR
04SANTODOMINGO1328	"JOSELITO.COM" KINGPIN CAUGHT IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] (SBU) On February 28 Embassy DEA office cooperating with Dominican national drug control authorities (DNCD) located and arrested drug kingpin Jose Arismende ALMONTE PENA, head of a narcotics smuggling ring shut down on November 12 in a joint operation in Santiago, Dominican Republic. Almonte [...]	2004-03-01 22:07:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR
04SANTODOMINGO1343	EMBASSY SANTO DOMINGO 90-DAY GOALS [...] (SBU) Following are Embassy Santo Domingo's goals for the first quarter of CY 2004 and a status report: Rule of Law Obtain removal of at least one official believed to be complicit in trafficking or corruption -- Miguel Vasquez, Atty Gen Cespedes, Ambassador to Argentina, Guido Gomez Status as [...]	2004-03-02 17:18:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT DR
04SANTODOMINGO1361	CANARD; ALLEGED TRAINING OF HAITI INSURGENTS IN [...] Embassy advises that Boston Globe reporter Bryan Bender (e-mail bender@globe.com, tels 202-857-5060, cell 202-369-6856) drafted on February 29 a text based on allegations of unidentified sources (including one "Haitian official") that Haitian insurgents received training and weapons from U.S. [...]	2004-03-02 20:31:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV HA DR
04SANTODOMINGO147	DOMINICAN ELECTION SERIES #13: NEW FEINT: THE LAW [...] Following is no. 13 in our series on the Dominican presidential elections. NEW FEINT: PROPOSAL FOR AMENDMENTS WITH THE LAW OF "SLOGANS" "We are steeped to the marrow in impulsiveness, always reacting to immediate circumsta [...]	2004-01-08 21:45:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO148	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 2003-2004 INTERNATIONAL [...] Text of Dominican Republic draft 2002-2003 INCSR follows. Part One: Drugs and Chemical Control I. Summary The Dominican Republic (DR) is a major transit country for South American drugs, mostly cocaine and heroin, moving to the United States and Europe. The Government of the Dominican [...]	2004-01-08 22:15:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR DR
04SANTODOMINGO150	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTER EVALUATION [...] On December 23 NAS Director and emboffs visited the drop-in center for victims of domestic violence in Bani to gauge its progess since inception in 2001. Center director Bibiana Nunez continues to run the center with limited resources but appears motivated to sustain the center's needed prese [...]	2004-01-09 12:41:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN PHUM DR
04SANTODOMINGO1515	CANARD II: DOMINICAN RIFLES FOR HAITI [...] Secretary of the Armed Forces Soto Jimenez told the press on March 5 that the Dominican Republic has received no rpt no arms from the USG and commented that the figure of 3,500 weapons used in questions to WHA Assistant Secretary Roger Noriega might correspond to annual licensed imports of arm [...]	2004-03-06 17:49:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PGOV HA DR
04SANTODOMINGO1518	DOMINICAN ELECTION #26: MEJIA CLOSES DEAL - FELLO [...] (U) This is no. 26 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: MEJIA CLOSES DEAL; FELLO IS RUNNING MATE (U) PRD Secretary General Rafael "Fello" Subervi Bonilla has agreed to become President Mejia's running mate in the May 16 election" for the sake of PRD unity and keeping the p [...]	2004-03-08 11:29:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR DR
04SANTODOMINGO1567	DOMINICANS SYMPATHETIC TO U.S. POSITION FOR MARCH [...] Upon receipt of reftel March 9 the Ambassador telephoned Dominican Foreign Minister Guerrero Prats, who expressed interest in U.S. position. At Guerrero Prats' request, Embassy delivered text of non-paper immediately to help MFA formulate the Dominican instructios. 2. Ambassador also rai [...]	2004-03-10 12:10:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR ETRD PREL SENV DR CU PHUM
04SANTODOMINGO1597	DOMINICAN LABOR MINISTER IS CANDIDATE TO CHAIR ILO ANNUAL MEETING [...] Dominican Labor Minister Milton RAY Guevara called on the Ambassador on March 6 to solicit U.S. support for him within the Americas group to chair the annual ILO session in June. In the normal course of rotation, the Americas are to provide a chair. Ray indicated that the long-serving Labor [...]	2004-03-10 20:06:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB AORC ILO DR PINR
04SANTODOMINGO1657	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: NO REPLY ON U.S. POSTIONS FOR [...] (U) Poloffs delivered reftel talking points to Ambassador Rhadys Abreu de Polanco, Deputy Director of the International Organizations Desk at the GODR Ministry of Foreign Affairs on March 4, 2004. In follow-up conversations on March 9 and 11, Ambassador Abreu apologized for her inability to c [...]	2004-03-12 14:57:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM IO PREL AORC
04SANTODOMINGO1658	DRUG KINGPIN EXTRADITED FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] (SBU) On March 10, 2004, Jose Arismendy Almonte Pena (a.k.a. Joselito.com) was extradited from the Dominican Republic. The Dominican National Directorate for Drug Control (DNCD) worked closely with the DEA to arrest the fugitive at the only tollbooth on the highway between Santiago to Santo [...]	2004-03-12 15:03:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PINR SNAR DR
04SANTODOMINGO1683	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] Trafficking in women has been a serious problem in the Dominican Republic for the past 15 to 20 years, due mainly to the feminization of migration starting in the 1980s. The exodus of women primarily to Europe and other Caribbean islands for economic reasons has made them extremely vulnerabl [...]	2004-03-12 21:13:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
04SANTODOMINGO1685	CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY DOMINICAN [...] Summary. International Women's Day was celebrated in various fora in the Dominican Republic. On March 8 President Mejia, accompanied by the First Lady, the Vice President and the Secretary for Women, presided over an elaborate ceremony at the National Palace to present 24 women with merit awa [...]	2004-03-12 21:15:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KSEP OPDC PREL PHUM DR
04SANTODOMINGO1696	GODR PRESIDENT MEJIA PUBLICLY DENIES AIDING [...] (U) President Mejia commented extensively on March 11 to a journalist from Hoy newspaper, a respected daily in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. insisting that the GODR was not involved in helping Haitian rebels in any manner. 2. (U) Begin unofficial translation: MEJIA DENIES SUPPORTING [...]	2004-03-15 11:10:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL DR
04SANTODOMINGO1697	DOMINICAN ELECTION #27: CAMPAIGNING, LOGISTICS AND [...] (SBU) This is no. 27 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: ELECTION CAMPAIGNING, LOGISTICS AND A VIGIL FOR LEONEL'S VP CANDIDATE After Rafael "Fello" Subervi accepted President Mejia's offer of the vice presidential slot (Ref A),the ruling PRD mounted a rally of thousands [...]	2004-03-15 11:10:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO1703	NEW DOMINICAN REGULATIONS ON BROADCASTING AND IPR [...] A special supplement March 12 in the HOY newspaper publishes for public comment (30 days) Resolution 029-04, a comprehensive set of regulations governing TV services and licensing of broadcasters. Most of the supplement is very technical, but of note is Chapter 1, Article 2.1: (unofficial tra [...]	2004-03-15 14:00:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR ETRD KIPR EINV
04SANTODOMINGO1723	(CORRECTED COPY) DOMINICAN ELECTIONS NO. 28: [...] (SBU) This is the 28th in our series on the Dominican presidential elections: Election Series #28: Running Past One Another: Styles of the Leading Candidates There will almost certainly be no debate between Hipolito Mejia and Leonel Fernandez, even though civic organizations and comment [...]	2004-03-16 12:31:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO1816	MEETING WITH GODR OFFICIALS ON STATUS OF NEW [...] (U) SUMMARY: GODR is still on track to produce ICAO compliant passport in April. GODR Passport Office has established new Anti-Fraud Unit. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) On March 9, 2004 Consul General and FPM met with Director of GODR Passport Office, Mr. Elias Wessin Chavez. Purpose of the meeting [...]	2004-03-19 18:47:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CMGT CPAS CVIS CASC KFRD DR
04SANTODOMINGO1823	DOMINICAN ELECTION #29: LEONEL'S V.P. - LOW KEY [...] (SBU) This is no. 29 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: LEONEL'S V.P. - LOW KEY AND PLD Leonel Fernandez's March 16 announcement that Rafael Albuquerque would be his vice-presidential running mate surprised nearly everyone. It could prove to be an astute choice. The p [...]	2004-03-19 21:08:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR DR
04SANTODOMINGO1835	DOMINICAN ELECTION #30: OAS LAUNCHES OBSERVER [...] (SBU) This is No. 30 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: OAS LAUNCHES ELECTION OBERVER MISSION Senior advisor Santiago Murray kicked off the U.S.-funded Organization of American States (OAS) election observation mission during a March 15-19 visit to Santo Domingo. Murray [...]	2004-03-22 18:03:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL IO DR
04SANTODOMINGO1848	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA EMPLOYEE [...] U.S.Embassy Santo Domingo welcomes and grants country clearance to Federal Aviation Administration Safety Inspector Samuel Perry to travel to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The purpose of the visit is to perform 14 CFR part 121 enroute inspection, cargo and line station inspection for Arro [...]	2004-03-11 14:37:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT
04SANTODOMINGO1866	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC MOSTLY ON TRACK TO MEET IMF [...] (SBU) The GODR will likely meet International Monetary Fund fiscal targets for March, but faces difficulty meeting the target for reductions in the monetary base, according to the IMF's local representative March 19. IMF Mission's recent visit to Santo Domingo was brief and confirmed GODR le [...]	2004-03-23 17:36:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON DR
04SANTODOMINGO1873	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: HEALTH WORKERS STRIKE - AGAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: A public health workers' strike has virtually shut down outpatient services at Dominican public hospitals for five days beginning March 22, following similar but shorter work stoppages since January. Government, civil society, and the press, while acknowledging a need for better [...]	2004-03-23 21:41:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB DR
04SANTODOMINGO1933	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT MEJIA WRITES TO ASK FOR [...] (SBU) On March 25 the Foreign Ministry delivered the original of a letter from President Mejia for President Bush, under cover of a note from the Minister. Following is Embassy's unofficial translation. Embassy is faxing copy to WHA/CAR and to Treasury; original follows to SES-CR by pouch. [...]	2004-03-25 18:04:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR EFIN OPDC
04SANTODOMINGO194	DOMINICAN PROGRAM WITH IMF: HIGH HURDLES, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On January 7 Econoff and USAID Economist called on IMF ResRep Ousmene Mandeng (PLEASE PROTECT) to review current status of IMF proposed program. The GODR has completed legislative action on budget items included as conditionalities and is close to complying with requirements [...]	2004-01-09 23:25:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO1943	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC APPROVES NEW POLICE LAW [...] Summary. As part of the March 2 ceremony celebrating the 68th anniversary of the National Police, President Mejia signed the National Police Institutional Law (Law 96-04),also known as the Police Reform Bill. One of the most significant changes under the new law is the transfer of the Metro [...]	2004-03-25 21:36:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KJUS PHUM DR
04SANTODOMINGO1950	DOMINICAN ATTORNEY GENERAL PROMISES ARTICLE 98 AND [...] (U) Summary. On March 24 Dominican Attorney General Victor Cespedes Martinez promised the Ambassador that he would act swiftly on the Article 98 agreement, facilitate extradition requests and work to improve the handling of narcotics/narcotrafficking cases in the Dominican Republic. End Summary. [...]	2004-03-26 18:23:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	CJAN DR KCRM KJUS SNAR PREL MARR
04SANTODOMINGO1963	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #31: ARMED FORCES TO PROVIDE [...] (U) This is number 31 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: ARMED FORCES TO PROVIDE SECURITY FOR ELECTIONS (SBU) The Dominican military leadership has assured us the military will be on "model" nonpolitical behavior during the election and previewed preparations for provid [...]	2004-03-26 20:03:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR ASEC DR
04SANTODOMINGO1965	DOMINICAN ARMED FORCES CHIEF ON HAITI, NEXT [...] (C) In conversation with DATT and poloff on March 22 Dominican Armed Forces Secretary LTG Soto Jiminez expressed concern over "gangs of criminals" that he said controlled the Haitian side of the northern border with the Dominican Republic. Dominican security forces along the border consequent [...]	2004-03-26 20:22:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR HA DR
04SANTODOMINGO1986	DOMINICAN ELECTION #32: BATTLE OF THE POLLS [...] (SBU) This is no. 32 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: BATTLE OF THE POLLS Two polls published today, March 29, both show a much tighter presidential race, indicating that President Hipolito Mejia has picked up considerable support. Polls were done the same week in Mar [...]	2004-03-29 17:18:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO1989	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #33: BALAGUER'S GHOST [...] (SBU) Following is no. 33 in our series on the Dominican elections: Balaguer's Ghost Avaunt! And quit my sight! Let the earth hide thee! Thy bones are marrowless, thy blood is cold; Thou hast no speculation in those eyes Which thou dost glare with. - - Macbeth, Act 3, scene 4 The message tha [...]	2004-03-29 19:25:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO2026	DOMINICAN GOVERNMENT LOCKS OUT AIR TRAFFIC [...] (U) At 0600 this morning March 31 Civil Aviation officials replaced civilian air traffic controllers at the national center (SDQ) with military air traffic controllers. The military controllers are instituting precautionary intervals for incoming, departing, and overhead traffic; some flights [...]	2004-03-31 19:53:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ELAB DR MARR
04SANTODOMINGO2072	DOMINICAN GOVERNMENT AND AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS [...] Many civilian air traffic controllers returned to work today after the Dominican Civil Aviation Authority and Dominican Air Traffic Controllers Union reached an agreement early today. Representatives from both parties explained to econoff that agreement was reached at 1:30 am after many hours [...]	2004-04-02 19:08:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR EAIR ELAB MARR
04SANTODOMINGO2078	DOMINICAN ELECTION #34: CORRUPTION AND THE [...] (SBU) This is cable # 34 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: CORRUPTION AND THE CANDIDATES The heat of the campaign and the insistence of the Ambassador and U.S.-funded civic groups have finally brought the explosive issue of corruption into open debate. On March 26 t [...]	2004-04-05 10:57:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR DR
04SANTODOMINGO2100	RESPONSE TO JAYSH AL-MAHDI VIOLENCE AGAINST [...] EcoPol counselor is delivering ref demarche to Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Miguel Pichardo this afternoon and Defense Attache has already made the same points with Secretary of the Armed Forces MG Soto Jimenez. Embassy will SIPDIS report their responses as appropriate. KUBISKE [...]	2004-04-06 11:01:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS DR
04SANTODOMINGO2183	CTAG DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GODR [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel A talking points to GODR Foreign Ministry Head of the International Organizations, Ambassador Rhadys Abreu de Polanco. Ambassador Abreu had no immediate response. Embassy Santo Domingo held a CTAG meeting on February 6, 2004 (reftel B),we do not plan to hold ano [...]	2004-04-07 17:27:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PREL DR
04SANTODOMINGO2186	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC PRESIDENT TRAVELS TO MIAMI AND [...] Embassy has received Diplomatic Note DVP 8445 from the Secretariat of State for Foreign Relations of the Dominican SIPDIS Republic advising of President Hipolito Mejia's travel plans to Miami and New York April 10 through the 12 and requesting proper airspace and landing permissions. Attac [...]	2004-04-07 21:00:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC OTRA OVIP DR
04SANTODOMINGO2223	DOMINICAN BANKING SERIES #5; BANINTER/BANCREDITO [...] (SBU) This is cable # 5 in a periodic series on the banking sector in the Dominican Republic. Sensitive but unclassified, entire text. SIPDIS BANINTER and Bancredito Back in the News and in the Campaigns Presidential candidates are trading barbs over responsibility for the massive B [...]	2004-04-08 17:41:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV PREL DR
04SANTODOMINGO2263	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #35: WHAT THIS ELECTION IS NOT [...] (SBU) The following is #35 in our series on the Dominican presidential elections: Elections # 35 - What It's NOT About In the Dominican presidential elections set for May 16, none of the leading political parties believes in blaming the United States for Dominican woes or sees any advantage i [...]	2004-04-12 19:23:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO2294	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #36: THE PLD PLATFORM, IN [...] (SBU) Following is no. 36 in our series on the Dominican elections. Dominican Elections #36: The PLD Platform, in Brief Leonel Fernandez's Partido de Liberacion Dominicana is the only one of three parties to have produced a formal election platform. The full text in Spanish is available [...]	2004-04-13 21:43:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO2297	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF ENERGY SPENCER [...] (SBU) The Country Team and I look forward to your April 15 visit. The last twelve months has in many aspects been the most difficult time for the country in at least twenty years. Dominicans are distrustful of their politicians and their institutions, are suffering from the prolonged effects [...]	2004-04-14 10:53:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR ENRG OVIP
04SANTODOMINGO2318	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT INSTRUCTS FONMIN TO VOTE FOR [...] (SBU) Dominican President Hipolito Mejia instructed ForMin Frank Guerrero Prats at 16:00 today, Wednesday, to tell the Dominican delegation to the UN Human Rights Commission to vote in favor of the Honduras-sponsored resolution on human rights in Cuba. 2. (C) The Ambassador had asked for [...]	2004-04-14 21:31:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PHUM CU DR
04SANTODOMINGO232	GODR PRESIDENT MEJIA ON IMF AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: In response to Ambassador,s points drawn from reftel A, President Mejia expressed strong support for staying the course toward resumption of the IMF standby, including maintaining a market-based exchange rate policy. He seeks greater flexibility on the part of the international [...]	2004-01-12 22:14:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL DR
04SANTODOMINGO233	DOMINICAN ELECTION SERIES #14: SLOGANS AND A [...] (SBU) Following is no. 14 in our series on the Dominican presidential elections: SLOGANS AND A SPECIAL SESSION OF CONGRESS The controversy over a proposed election law change (reftel) is heading for a climax. On January 10 President Mejia announced that he would extend the current specia [...]	2004-01-12 22:39:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO2366	DOMINICAN ELECTION #37: SECURITY AN ISSUE, OAS ON [...] (C) This is no. 37 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: (U) Election Security at Stake, OAS Observers Active, Leonel Still Leads (SBU) At 30 days before the election, the violent deaths of two persons in the campaign prompted the big three presidential candidates to sign [...]	2004-04-19 11:27:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC DR
04SANTODOMINGO2381	FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST NO.200400520 [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-19 19:03:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AINF DR TBIO
04SANTODOMINGO2386	DEMARCHE ON CUBA/GUANTANAMO RESOLUTION DELIVERED [...] (C) Charge delivered reftel talking points to Deputy Foreign Minister Miguel Pichardo on Monday, April 19th. Pichardo said that the GODR is waiting for the text of the resolution to be finalized before deciding how it will vote. Charge stressed that a vote against the resolution was in order [...]	2004-04-20 10:50:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL
04SANTODOMINGO2440	GODR WILL VOTE WITH USG ON CUBA/GUANTANAMO BAY [...] SUMMARY. (C) President Mejia told the Ambassador on April 20, that the GODR would vote with the USG against the UNCHR Cuban sponsored resolution condemning U.S. detainee policy at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. If the German sponsored procedural motion to adjourn the Cuba/Guantanamo Bay resolutio [...]	2004-04-21 10:54:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL
04SANTODOMINGO2459	GODR NO COMMENT ON UNSC DRAFT RESOLUTION ON NON- [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel talking points and non-paper to GODR Ambassador Jesus Maria Hernandez, the Foreign Ministry's Director of International Organizations, on April 21. No immediate response was forthcoming. If a substantive response is delivered, Embassy will report septel. KUBISK [...]	2004-04-21 23:38:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PREL DR
04SANTODOMINGO2489	REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY [...] No objection to proposed study. HERTELL [...]	2004-04-23 15:53:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR KSCA TBIO OSCI
04SANTODOMINGO2504	REQUEST FOR NAMES, TITLES, AND CONTACT NUMBERS FOR [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-23 19:36:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL DR
04SANTODOMINGO2513	SECRETARY OF ENERGY ABRAHAM PROPOSES TO "SHED MORE [...] Summary. United States Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham visited the Dominican Republic April 15 on his way to the Sixth Western Hemisphere Energy Minister's Meeting in Trinidad & Tobago, April 19 - 21. The Secretary met with Embassy personnel, private sector representatives, and Presiden [...]	2004-04-23 20:17:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR ENRG OVIP PREL

04SANTODOMINGO2524	DOMINICAN ELECTION #39: CANDIDATES SKETCH PLATFORMS [...] (SBU) This is no. 39 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: Candidates Sketch Platforms So far only Leonel Fernandez's PLD has published a platform for the May 16 presidential elections. Newspapers of April 26 indicate that Mejia's PRD will release a document in the next f [...]	2004-04-26 12:19:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN ENRG KCOR DR
04SANTODOMINGO2525	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #41: FERNANDEZ AND ESTRELLA [...] (SBU) This is no. 41 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: Fernandez and Estrella Attack Mejia's Economics, Preach Austerity Leonel's Paradoxical Proposals PLD presidential candidate Leonel Fernandez, spoke April 21 before the American Chamber of Commerce (full text avai [...]	2004-04-26 13:02:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN ENRG DR
04SANTODOMINGO2526	DOMINICAN ELECTION # 40: FERNANDEZ CONFIDENT BUT [...] (SBU) This is no. 40 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: FERNANDEZ CONCERNED ABOUT FRAUD BUT CONFIDENT IN ABILITY TO RESTORE PROGRESS On April 13 at luncheon with the Ambassador PLD presidential candidate Leonel Fernandez spent the first third of the encounter focusing o [...]	2004-04-26 13:10:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR PGOV
04SANTODOMINGO2575	DIPNOTE 11048 - PRESIDENT MEJIA NOTIFIES [...] On April 27 Embassy received from the Foreign Ministry formal notification of withdrawal from Iraq by the Dominican Quisqueya Batallion, dated April 26. Text follows: (Complementary intro...) and refers to the situation of the Ad Hoc "Quisqueya" Task Force, currently in Iraq. As it is kno [...]	2004-04-28 13:28:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR MOPS PGOV DR IZ
04SANTODOMINGO2580	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #42: PLD PROMISES TO THE USG [...] (SBU) Following is number 42 in our series on the Dominican elections. PLD Promises to the USG In mid-March PLD campaign manager Danilo Medina led a four-person PLD delegation to Washington, where they met with NSC personnel and asked for an appointment at the Department of State. Sin [...]	2004-04-28 13:38:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO2601	DOMINICAN SECRETARY FOR ARMED FORCES SENDS EMBASSY [...] On April 28, Embassy received official correspondence from Secretary of Armed Forces, Jose Miguel Soto Jimenez, stating the Dominican Republic's intention to remove their troops from Iraq. His letter is dated April 20 but was almost certainly written on April 26 or April 27. 2. An image o [...]	2004-04-29 11:00:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR MARR MOPS OPDC PREL
04SANTODOMINGO2607	ROCK ASH SHIPMENTS FROM PUERTO RICO TO DOMINICAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A controversy over rock ash shipments from a Puerto Rico power plant owned by U.S.-based energy company AES has become a topic of local comment. The Dominican Environment Secretariat confirms that the local firm that imported the product for construction in the north obtained [...]	2004-04-29 16:54:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP SENV DR ETRD EWWT EIND
04SANTODOMINGO2619	ILO: CUBA AND VENEZUELA REPRISALS AGAINST [...] Dominican Minister of Labor Milton Ray Guevara mentioned to EcoPol counselor on April 28 at the dedication of a Dept of Labor sponsored program that the Venezuelan and Cuban missions in Geneva are lobbying against his candidacy to chair the ILO annual meetings, specifically because they perce [...]	2004-04-29 22:12:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ELAB DR CU
04SANTODOMINGO2718	CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY: DOMINICAN EXPENDITURES FOR [...] Embassy has extrapolated general costs for Dominican Quisqueya battalion August 2003 to May 2004 as follows: Salaries $75,000 monthly x 10 months for $750,000 Incentive pay, total 120,000 Ammunition and training costs 12,000 Miscellaneous travel [...]	2004-05-05 22:49:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OPDC MOPS
04SANTODOMINGO2722	DOMINICAN ELECTION SERIES #43: PLD CANDIDATE [...] (SBU) This is cable # 43 in our series on the Dominican elections. PLD CANDIDATE FERNANDEZ LOOKS TO EIU FOR POLICY PRESCRIPTIONS Judging from the consultant company he keeps, PLD candidate Leonel Fernandez is anything but a radical in economic matters. Rather than rely exclusively on in-h [...]	2004-05-06 13:33:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR ECON PGOV
04SANTODOMINGO2742	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #44: CANDIDATES ON MACRO AND [...] (SBU) Following is number 44 in our Dominican elections series: Candidates on Macro and Financial Policy In April all three of the principal candidates for the Dominican presidency addressed the American Chamber of Commerce on their visions for economic policy for 2004-2008. The full te [...]	2004-05-06 20:53:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON DR
04SANTODOMINGO2743	LETTER AND SUMMARY OF DEFICIENCIES AT LAS AMERICAS [...] Embassy officers delivered he TSA letter in English on Friday, May 2 to the Airport Security Agency (CESA),the airport operator AERODOM and to the Civil Aviation Agency. English translations of the letter and the annex were delivered to all the above on Monday, May 5. HERTELL [...]	2004-05-06 23:32:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PTER DR
04SANTODOMINGO2744	IMF TEAM REPORTS STRONG EFFORT BUT MISSED TARGETS [...] (SBU) Summary: International Monetary Fund review team members commented May 5 that despite strong effort, the GODR has failed to meet the Fund Standby Agreement performance criteria on monetary, fiscal and debt levels. IMF representatives pointed to higher-than-expected first quarter infla [...]	2004-05-07 11:05:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR ECON EFIN ENRG
04SANTODOMINGO2753	ESTABLISHING US MISSION BAGHDAD DELIVERED TO GODR [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-07 15:06:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AMGT MOPS
04SANTODOMINGO2754	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #45: INSTITUTIONS - YOU CAN'T [...] (SBU) Following is number 45 in our series on the Dominican presidential elections: Institutions - - You Can,t Tell the Players without a Program The Dominican elections authority is one of the least well established in the hemisphere, a legacy of the long years of dictatorship, personali [...]	2004-05-07 16:55:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO2761	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #47 (REVISED): THE EXPENDITURE [...] (SBU) This is no. 47 in our series on the Dominican presidential elections: The Expenditure Cost of Democracy Dominicans have lived in an increasing tempest of campaign advertising over the past eight months. Just how much money is being spent is unclear, as is the origin of private con [...]	2004-05-07 20:43:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON DR
04SANTODOMINGO2821	DOMINICAN BANKING SERIES # 06: "RAMONCITO" GOES TO [...] (U) This is cable # 6 in a periodic series on the banking sector in the Dominican Republic. Sensitive but unclassified, entire text. SIPDIS "RAMONCITO" SENT TO TRIAL IN THE BANINTER CASE --------------------------------------------- --------------- What's new: a summary of the bank [...]	2004-05-10 16:54:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV PREL DR
04SANTODOMINGO2843	DOMINICAN ELECTION # 46: ESTRELLA, WOULD-BE STAR [...] (SBU) This is cable # 46 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: ESTRELLA, WOULD-BE STAR ------------------------ Heading for third place ------------------------ In the last week before the presidential election, Reformista candidate Eduardo Estrella continues to work t [...]	2004-05-11 11:04:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR DR
04SANTODOMINGO2918	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #47: THE EXPENDITURE COST OF [...] (SBU) This is no. 47 in our series on the Dominican presidential elections: The Expenditure Cost of Democracy Dominicans have lived in an increasing tempest of campaign advertising over the past eight months. Just how much is being spent is unclear, as is the origin of private contribut [...]	2004-05-14 12:55:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO2925	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #48: SCENESETTER FOR MAY 16 [...] (SBU) Following is number 48 in our Dominican elections series: Scenesetter for May 16 Presidential Vote Celebrations and Movement Santo Domingo was the scene on successive days this week of tumultuous street rallies for the three major presidential candidates. The atmosphere was that [...]	2004-05-14 16:12:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO2933	DOMINICAN ELECTION SERIES #49: LEONEL FERNANDEZ -- [...] (SBU) This is cable #49 in our series on the Dominican presidential elections. FERNANDEZ: THE ONCE AND FUTURE PRESIDENT? (SBU) Lawyer turned politician, Leonel Fernandez once reigned over the small island nation of the Dominican Republic. Times were good - tourism and exports were up, the [...]	2004-05-14 20:26:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR DR
04SANTODOMINGO2937	DOMINICAN ELECTION #50: OBSERVERS - MUCHOS OJOS [...] (U) This is no. 50 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: ELECTION OBSERVERS - MUCHOS OJOS We expect as many as 250 international observers, including 160 associated with the OAS Electoral Observation Mission, to be in the Dominican Republic to monitor the presidential voti [...]	2004-05-14 22:04:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM DR
04SANTODOMINGO2968	DOMINICAN ELECTION #51: LEONEL SWEEPS THE ELECTION [...] This is no. 51 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: ELECTION RETURNS: LEONEL SWEEPS THE ELECTION Leonel Fernandez Reyna, former president (1996-2000) and PLD candidate in the May 16 election, won a sweeping electoral victory May 16 and is scheduled to be inaugurated August [...]	2004-05-18 23:27:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO3004	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT-ELECT LOOKS FORWARD TO CLOSE [...] (SBU) Summary. Dominican President-elect Leonel Fernandez assured the Ambassador on May 19 that he anticipated close and collaborative relations with the United States. Economic issues will occupy much of his time. Dominican relations with Cuba are a relatively low priority for him. Fernand [...]	2004-05-20 12:02:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO3056	DOMINICAN ELECTION SERIES #52: DEMOCRACY WINS [...] (SBU) Following is number 52 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: Democracy Wins - - - - - - - - Voting was calm and orderly across the Dominican Republic during the 12-hour polling period on May 16, in what many consider to have been the best-conducted vote in national [...]	2004-05-24 10:39:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM DR
04SANTODOMINGO3197	FLASH REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-02 15:01:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR
04SANTODOMINGO3297	IRAQ: SUPPORTING THE IIG - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel points June 4 to MFA international organizations deputy director Rhadys Abreu de Polanco. Poloff emphasized the importance of the Dominican Republic, as a member of the Coalition, expressing firm support for the new Iraqi authorities publicly and in international [...]	2004-06-04 18:41:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ DR
04SANTODOMINGO3312	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 2004 INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] This cable provides the 2004 Investment Disputes and Expropriation Claims Report for the Dominican Republic per reftel. 2. The United States Government is presently aware of 13 claims of U.S. persons that may be outstanding against the Government of the Dominican Republic (GODR),down from [...]	2004-06-04 19:55:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR ECON KIDE EINV
04SANTODOMINGO3313	DOMINICAN TRANSITION #1: TAKING REPONSIBILITY FOR [...] (SBU) Following is number 1 in our series on the Dominican presidential transition: Taking the Responsibility for the Mess - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (SBU) Both sides of this transition are apprehensive of taking blame for the pain necessarily associated with th [...]	2004-06-06 03:38:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO3357	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: BASEL CONVENTION NOTIFICATION [...] Embassy Santo Domingo received on June 7 a diplomatic note transmitting a may 25 letter from the Dominican Ministry of the Environment advising of the transboundary movement of a total of 1924 kg of liquid and solid latex for incineration by the firm Perma Fix Environmental Services of Orlando [...]	2004-06-08 17:02:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV DR
04SANTODOMINGO3358	DOMINICAN TRANSITION #2: POLITICAL PARTIES RE-GROUP [...] (SBU) This is no. 2 in our series on the transition to a new administration in the Dominican Republic. POLITICAL PARTIES RE-GROUP (SBU) Following Leonel Fernandez's sweep of the May 16 presidential election, the three major political parties are grappling with their futures -- the winning [...]	2004-06-08 17:09:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR DR
04SANTODOMINGO3422	DEMARCHE, ECLAC CONFERENCE ON WOMEN, DELIVERED TO [...] Embassy delivered reftel talking points as a non-paper to MFA deputy director of international organizations Rhadys Abreu de Polanco, with a request that they be shared with the Dominican delegation to the Ninth Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, in Mexico City Jun [...]	2004-06-09 22:05:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC SOCI KWMN DR
04SANTODOMINGO3424	DOMINICAN GRUPO M SHUTTING DOWN MANUFACTURING [...] SUMMARY. Dominican apparel company, GRUPO M, is close to shutting down their apparel plant in Ouanaminthe, Haiti due to "Workers' Struggle," a group of activist employees who have made the plant inefficient and ineffective. GRUPO M President, Fernando Capellan, stated that the company plans [...]	2004-06-14 11:06:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP BTIO DR ELAB ETRD EINV HA
04SANTODOMINGO3548	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CERTIFICATION REPORT CARD, 2004 [...] Following is the narcotics certification report card 2004 for the Dominican Republic, requested Ref A (the 2003 report card is in Ref B). 2. The United States Government (USG) worked with the Government of the Dominican Republic (GODR) to continue progress on establishing a regular and pred [...]	2004-06-17 21:01:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO355	ELECTIONS # 15 - PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATIONS AS [...] Following is no. 15 in our series on the Dominican elections. CONGRESS POSTPONES DISCUSSION ON "SLOGAN LAW" Dominican President of the Chamber of Deputies Alfredo Pacheco, postponed the January 15 congressional committee session when a block of Social Christian Reform Party (PRSC) congre [...]	2004-01-15 22:53:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO356	PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATIONS IN SANTO DOMINGO [...] Peaceful demonstrations were staged today in Santo Domingo outside the hotel housing USTR-GODR negotiations on a free trade agreement and outside the National Congress. Both were orderly and relatively limited in scope. 2. At the Jaragua Hotel, headquarters for the January 12-16 opening [...]	2004-01-15 23:14:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO3617	GODR PUBLIC FINANCING STRAINED [...] (SBU) Central Bank Manager Apolinar Veloz told Econoff June 18 that GODR non-financial public sector finances are seriously off track from the IMF agreement for the first trimester of 2004. Veloz's remarks track with what Technical Secretary Carlos Despradel reported to the DCM June 1. SI [...]	2004-06-18 22:49:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON DR
04SANTODOMINGO3626	DOMINICAN TRANSITION # 3: SIDES ENGAGE ON IMF AND [...] (U) This is cable no. 3 in our series on the transition to a new administration in the Dominican Republic. SIDES ENGAGE ON IMF AND TAX REFORM ----------------------------------------- Fiscal reform, necessarily the hot topic ----------------------------------------- As the power outage [...]	2004-06-22 10:57:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO3627	RECOMMENDATION ON FINANCING OF MARINE PATROL [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-22 10:57:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON DR
04SANTODOMINGO3629	ELECTRICITY SITUATION IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] SUMMARY. The Dominican Republic's electricity sector has witnessed a steady decline in energy production over the last month, with blackouts in many areas reaching 15 to 20 hours daily. The situation is expected to intensify Tuesday, June 22, when AES' Andres plant goes off-line for lack of [...]	2004-06-22 10:59:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR ECON ENRG EINV
04SANTODOMINGO3667	USG REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS HITS [...] (U) Embassy Santo Domingo delivered the Dominican Republic section of the 2003 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report to the Foreign Ministry on June 14; the Embassy press release on the subject made all the dailies the next day. The story grew as on June 16, in response to a written question, [...]	2004-06-22 13:59:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO3694	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: ATTENDANCE AT 59TH UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-23 12:43:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP DR
04SANTODOMINGO3749	DOMINICAN TRANSITION #4: PRESIDENT-ELECT'S VISIT [...] (SBU) This no. 4 in our series on the transition to a new presidential administration in the Dominican Republic. DOMINICAN PRESIDENT-ELECT'S VISIT TO VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT CHAVEZ (U) Dominican President-elect Leonel Fernandez stopped over in Caracas to call on President Hugo Chavez June 20- [...]	2004-06-25 17:45:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EPET DR VE
04SANTODOMINGO3825	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - CUBA: COUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY [...] (U)The Dominican Government this year provided decisive support to the cause of improving prospects for human rights and democracy in Cuba. Secretary Powell sent a letter to President Mejia (Ref B) thanking him for the Dominican Republic's "yes" vote on the Cuba resolution in the 60th Human R [...]	2004-06-29 10:57:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETTC CU DR
04SANTODOMINGO3841	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: RESETTLEMENT OF PROTECTED [...] (SBU) Embassy understands the importance of the resettlement of protected Cuban and Haitian migrants presently at Guantanamo Naval Base and will offer all appropriate assistance. The Dominican Republic is in the midst of a government transition and inauguration day for the new administration [...]	2004-06-29 15:43:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL SMIG MARR DR
04SANTODOMINGO3906	DOMINICAN TRANSITION #5: PACT BECOMES FACT [...] (SBU) This no. 5 in our series on the transition to a new presidential administration in the Dominican Republic. (SBU) Dominican Transition: Pact Becomes Fact The transition teams really are cooperating. The government is likely to deliver a PLD-shaped tax reform to Congress by the targe [...]	2004-07-01 20:33:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN DR SP
04SANTODOMINGO391	CHR 60 DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GODR [...] Poloff delivered reftel points to GODR Deputy Desk director for International Organization, Ambassador Rhadys Abreu de Polanco, on January 16, 2004. Ambassador Abreu said the GODR supports Australia as Chair of the 60th session. She will share our request with the Head of International Organi [...]	2004-01-16 21:23:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM DR
04SANTODOMINGO3925	EXTRADITION CASE OF JOHNNY MARTINEZ [...] (U) Embassy Santo Domingo responds to reftel A questions as follows: a. Embassy Santo Domingo has no record of receiving any request for assurances or any other requests from the GODR regarding Johnny Martinez's extradition to the United States. b. Embassy Santo Domingo has no record o [...]	2004-07-02 14:41:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN KCRM DR
04SANTODOMINGO3978	NOMINATION TO REGIONAL LABOR RIGHTS TRAINING [...] Embassy nominates Jay R. Raman, a political officer with labor reporting responsibilities, to attend the WHA Regional Labor Rights Training Seminar to be held in Panama City on 9-10 September 2004. 2. Jay Raman began a one year rotational assignment in the Political Section of AmEmb Santo D [...]	2004-07-07 19:45:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB OTRA DR
04SANTODOMINGO3979	ARTICLE 98 RATIFICATION PROGRESS IN DOMINICAN [...] The Dominican Senate gave its approval to ratification of the Article 98 bilateral agreement on June 15 and forwarded the proposal to the lower house of Congress (Chamber of Deputies) for action. The same day, the DCM urged Chamber Speaker Alfredo Pacheco (PRD) to ensure prompt approval and e [...]	2004-07-08 10:51:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL DR
04SANTODOMINGO4001	TRANSPARENCY CLAUSE: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] Embassy on July 6 delivered talking points on the transparency clause (para 8 reftel) to MFA deputy director for UN and OAS affairs Rhadys Abreu de Polanco, in the form of a non-paper in Spanish. She undertook to pass the document to the Dominican delegation before their July 7 departure for [...]	2004-07-08 21:31:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KSUM KCOR KCRM KDEM DR
04SANTODOMINGO4006	DOMINICAN TRANSITION #6: POLITICS DRIVES WAGE [...] (SBU) This is no. 6 in our series on the transition to a new presidential administration in the Dominican Republic. POLITICS DRIVES WAGE DEMANDS The grim joke in recent months is that the supermarket has become the "house of horrors," especially for the middle class. The double sting of [...]	2004-07-09 11:04:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR EFIN PGOV PINR ELAB
04SANTODOMINGO4014	DOMINICAN SUPREME COURT POSTPONES TRIAL FOR ALIEN [...] (U) On July 7 the Dominican Supreme Court once again postponed trial proceedings for PRD Congressman Guillermo Radhames Ramos Garcia, accused of alien smuggling in a July, 2000 incident. According to news reports, the chief prosecutor asked for a delay in order to issue a summons to several k [...]	2004-07-09 14:21:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KJUS SMIG DR
04SANTODOMINGO406	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #16: OAS OBSERVER MISSION IN [...] (SBU) Following is number 16 in our Dominican presidential election series: OAS PROPOSES ELECTION OBSERVER MISSION OAS Special Adviser Santiago Murray, from the Secretariat General's Unit for the Promotion of Democracy, on January 15 called on the Central Election Board (JCE) and thi [...]	2004-01-20 17:06:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR PGOV EAID
04SANTODOMINGO4087	DOMINICAN TRANSITION #7: CONGRESS CONTINUES, [...] (SBU) This no. 7 in our series on the transition to a new presidential administration in the Dominican Republic: CONGRESS CONTINUES, DESPITE DISARRAY When President-elect Leonel Fernandez (PLD) takes office August 16, the present National Congress will be only halfway through its four-year [...]	2004-07-13 18:16:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO414	DOMINICAN ELECTION #17: MEJIA'S PRD PRIMARY - A [...] (SBU) This is number 17 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: MEJIA'S PRD PRIMARY - A VICTORY FORETOLD President Mejia, running virtually unopposed in the ruling PRD's presidential primary January 18, won about 95 percent of the vote, with his sole opponent Frank J. T [...]	2004-01-20 23:06:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR PGOV
04SANTODOMINGO4200	REACHING OUT TO GOVERNMENTS AND NGOS ON CUBA: [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-19 18:36:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CU DR
04SANTODOMINGO4260	TERRORIST FINANCE: CIRA [...] On July 20, Embassy delivered information in reftel to the Vice Secretary in the GODR Ministry of Foreign Affairs and to the GODR Superintendent of Banks. Embassy will forward any response received. HERTELL [...]	2004-07-21 19:02:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR EFIN ETTC PTER TD KTFN
04SANTODOMINGO4319	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC RATIFIES ART. 98 BILATERAL [...] (U) As Congressional leaders had assured us (reftel),the Dominican Republic on July 22 ratified the bilateral DR-U.S. agreement under Article 98 of the International Criminal Court treaty. The Chamber of Deputies plenary approved the measure, following the June 15 approval by the Senate (ref [...]	2004-07-23 22:06:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MASS DR
04SANTODOMINGO4323	REGISTRATION FOR JAY R. RAMAN TO HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Embassy registers Jay R. Raman, a political officer with human rights reporting responsibilities for Embassy Santo Domingo, to attend the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor conference on human rights to be held in Washington on 28-29 September 2004. 2. Raman is planning to arrive [...]	2004-07-26 13:35:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PHUM AORC DR
04SANTODOMINGO4350	EMBASSY PRESENTS TIP ACTION PLAN TO DOMINICAN [...] On 23 July 2004 Poloffs met separately with Dominican MFA international organizations deputy Rhadys Abreu de Polanco and consular affairs director Dulce Rosario de la Maza to discuss the TIP issues set forth in reftel and to present the Tier 2 Watch List Action Plan for the Dominican Republic. [...]	2004-07-27 18:17:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM DR
04SANTODOMINGO4392	TRANSITION #8: DOMINCAN CONGRESS AWASH WITH TAX [...] (SBU) This is number 8 in our series covering the transition between the Mejia and the Fernandez governments. DOMINICAN CONGRESS AWASH WITH TAX CHANGE PROPOSALS Fifteen days ago President Mejia sent Congress the PLD-drafted fiscal package. The Fernandez team projected its proposal would [...]	2004-07-29 20:53:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR EFIN PGOV
04SANTODOMINGO4403	DOMINICAN DOCTORS STRIKE FOR SALARY INCREASE; [...] SUMMARY. Public sector physicians and the GODR have clashed on wages and hospital conditions, leading to several strikes and protests and a continuing reduction of medical services, especially for the poor. Doctors demand better salaries and better conditions in the hospitals, while the Dom [...]	2004-07-30 14:37:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB DR
04SANTODOMINGO4418	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 2004 INVESTMENT CLIMATE MID [...] This cable provides the 2004 Investment Climate Mid Year Update for the Dominican Republic tasked reftel 2. (begin text) CHAPTER 7: Investment Climate Investment Climate The following is the (preliminary) 2005 Investment Climate Report for the Dominican Republic.(as of July 2004) [...]	2004-07-30 20:42:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR ECON KIDE EINV EFIN ELAB KTDB PGOV
04SANTODOMINGO4421	TRANSITION #9 - DOMINICAN ELECTRICITY: NO ONE'S [...] (SBU) This is number 9 in our series covering the transition between the Mejia and the Fernandez governments. ELECTRICITY: NO ONE'S RESPONSIBLE, EVERYONE SUFFERS The slow-motion collapse of the electricity sector during the countdown to the August 16 presidential election has finally re [...]	2004-07-30 21:44:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO4422	U.S. INITIATIVES FOR THE 59TH UNGA DELIVERED TO [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-01 19:37:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON PHUM KDEM AORC DR
04SANTODOMINGO4425	INVITATION TO GTRI CONFERENCE IN VIENNA DELIVERED [...] Embassy on July 29 delivered reftel talking points inviting the Dominican Republic to participate in the Global Threat Reduction Initiative Partners Conference in Vienna, Austria, September 18-19, and text of proposed joint statement, to MFA international organizations deputy director Rhadys [...]	2004-08-02 13:07:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP TRGY PTER AORC DR
04SANTODOMINGO4501	TRANSITION #10 - THE AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH LEONEL [...] (U) This is cable number 10 in our series covering the transition between the Mejia and Fernandez governments. President-elect Fernandez - Two weeks from power 2. (C) Summary. President-elect Leonel Fernandez told the Ambassador in a private meeting on August 3, 2004, that his govern [...]	2004-08-04 17:15:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN EINV ENRG MCAP DR
04SANTODOMINGO4502	WHA SPRING 2005 INTERN PROGRAM [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-04 17:47:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER ASEC
04SANTODOMINGO4514	DOMINICAN TRANSITION 11: STUDENTS PROTEST [...] (U) This is no. 11 in our series on the Dominican Republic's transition to a new administration: STUDENTS PROTEST VIOLENTLY AGAINST MEJIA 2. (U) Police estimated that 200 students protested violently at the inauguration by President Mejia of a new central library at the Autonomous Univers [...]	2004-08-05 14:24:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC DR
04SANTODOMINGO4515	REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-05 15:05:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR KSCA TBIO OSCI
04SANTODOMINGO4531	DOMINICAN TRANSITION 12-PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ NAMES [...] (U) This is number 12 in our series on the transition between the Mejia and Fernandez adminstrations. President-elect Fernandez- Two weeks from power. 2. (U) Summary. President-elect Leonel Fernandez on August 4 announced appointments to his administration, mainly in positions related to [...]	2004-08-05 16:30:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG MCAP PGOV PINR PREL EINV DR
04SANTODOMINGO4534	AMENDING AIR TRANSPORT AGREEMENT CRS PROVISIONS [...] Embassy delivered reftel talking points as a non-paper to Director General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) Carlos Alvarez Guzman. Embassy will forward any response received. MARSHALL [...]	2004-08-05 21:50:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA EAIR
04SANTODOMINGO4579	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: DEMARCHE ON VENEZUELAN [...] (SBU) On August 6 poloff delivered points para 3 reftel to MFA international organizations deputy director Rhadys Abreu de Polanco, and urged the GODR to issue a statement supporting a free, fair, and transparent process in the Venezuelan presidential referendum August 15. Poloff also advocat [...]	2004-08-09 16:47:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO VE DR
04SANTODOMINGO4635	DOMINICAN CONGRESS STALLS EFFORT TO UNDERCUT IPR [...] Summary. On August 11 Charge and EcoPol counselor urged Dominican House of Representatives President Alfredo Pacheco to block draft legislation from the Senate intended to reduce penalties for IPR infringements and to institute automatic compulsory licensing of patents. Pacheco said that he [...]	2004-08-11 23:09:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO4637	DOMINICAN TRANSITION #14: FERNANDEZ TELLS [...] (U) This no. 14 in our series on the transition to a new presidential administration in the Dominican Republic. Lunch with Leonel (U) On August 6, the Ambassador and visiting Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) attended a lunch hosted by President-elect Leonel Fernandez (PLD) at the office of his G [...]	2004-08-12 10:46:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EPET MCAP DR VE
04SANTODOMINGO4665	DOMINICAN CONGRESSIONAL LEADER OPTIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (SBU) On August 11 President of the Dominican House of Representatives Alfredo Pacheco told Charge and EcoPol counselor that he expected, in the worst of cases, to obtain House approval for the first reading of the tax reform package on August 12. Congressional procedure requires two approva [...]	2004-08-12 20:23:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO4666	DOMINICAN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS HOPE FOR EARLY [...] Summary. The salary dispute between the Association of Air Traffic Controllers (ACTA) and the Dominican Civil Aviation Authority (DGAC) that resulted in a three-day lockout in late March remains unresolved. Although the union and the government do not have good relations now, there is hope t [...]	2004-08-12 20:32:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB EAIR DR
04SANTODOMINGO4672	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL - CODEL DODD (15-17 AUG) [...] U.S. Embassy Santo Domingo welcomes and grants country clearance to Senator Christopher J. Dodd to travel to Santo Domingo. The purpose of this trip is to attend the presidential inauguration of President-elect Fernandez from 15-17 August, 2004. 2. Embassy assistance is requested. ---- [...]	2004-08-13 16:57:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC OTRA DR
04SANTODOMINGO469	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CICTE DELEGATION TO FOURTH [...] Poloff delivered reftel talking points to GODR Deputy Director of International Organizations Desk, Ambassador Rhadys Abreu de Polanco. Ambassador Polanco said that the GODR delegation to the Fourth Regular Session of the OAS Inter-American Committee Against Terrorism (CICTE) will be headed [...]	2004-01-23 19:28:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER DR
04SANTODOMINGO4702	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. WILLIAM H. SCOTTI [...] US Embassy Santo Domingo welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. William H. Scotti to travel to Santo Domingo from September 21 to September 23, 2004. Purpose of trip is to carry out activities relating to dependent education and assistance to American- sponsored schools. Embassy will me [...]	2004-08-17 13:33:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER
04SANTODOMINGO4719	DOMINICAN TRANSITION #13: FERNANDEZ TELLS [...] (U) This is the amplified and corrected version of ref a, part of our series on the transition to a new presidential administration in the Dominican Republic. Ten days before his inauguration, Leonel Fernandez spoke about his approach to the economic crisis and commented on his relations with [...]	2004-08-18 11:29:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EPET MCAP DR VE
04SANTODOMINGO473	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #18: UN, EU AND OAS REPS [...] (SBU) Following is number 18 in our Dominican presidential election series: UN, EU and OAS Reps Engage Dominican Electoral Authorities A UN Mission, Soon - - - - - - - - - - UN Resident Representative Niky Fabiancic informed the Ambassador and poloff on January 12 that the UN El [...]	2004-01-23 23:04:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR PGOV EAID EU
04SANTODOMINGO4784	TRANSITION #14: LEONEL FERNANDEZ AT DOMINICAN [...] (SBU) This is #14 in our series on the transition between the Mejia and Fernandez governments in the Dominican Republic. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Fernandez promises Austerity, Anti-Corruption and Support for Social Concerns - - - - - - [...]	2004-08-20 17:10:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO483	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: USTR ZOELLICK LAUNCHES FTA [...] (U) Summary. U.S. Trade Representative Amb. Robert Zoellick told Dominicans on January 15 that bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations offer an opportunity for new engagement, economic growth and strengthened institutions. He stressed that an FTA, free and fair presidential electio [...]	2004-01-27 16:39:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR ETRD EAID EFIN PGOV PREL OVIP OREP
04SANTODOMINGO4892	ICAO CONFERENCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO DOMINICAN [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel talking points as a non-paper to newly appointed Director General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) Norge BOTELLO Fernandez. Botello confirmed that the Dominican Republic will support re-election of the United States to the ICAO Council and in general would support U.S. po [...]	2004-08-27 19:59:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAIR XX
04SANTODOMINGO490	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: NATIONAL WORK STOPPAGE SET FOR [...] (SBU) A national work stoppage ("huelga" in Spanish),set for January 28-29, is likely to disrupt or close down many businesses across the country and cause scattered violence in low-income neighborhoods of the capital and smaller cities. The Coordinator of Popular and Labor Organizations promo [...]	2004-01-28 00:40:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB ASEC DR
04SANTODOMINGO4904	ADDENDUM TO REQUEST FOR CONCURRENCE IN VISA [...] (C) SUMMARY. In reftel, Embassy requested Department's concurrence in the revocation of the B1/B2 visa of now former Attorney General Victor Cespedes under section 212(a)(2)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Following that cable, just two days before leaving office, Cespedes ordered the [...]	2004-08-30 20:13:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	CVIS CJAN PREL PGOV SNAR KCRM DR
04SANTODOMINGO4916	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND VENEZUELAN OIL [...] (U) This cable is an overview of the Dominican Republic's petroleum sector in response to reftel A. Venezuela in 2003 supplied only 11 percent of total petroleum imports to the Dominican Republic, a significant change from 2002 when Venezuelan imports were nearly 55 percent of the total. Oth [...]	2004-08-30 20:39:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL XK
04SANTODOMINGO4986	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: RAMOS GARCIA ALIEN SMUGGLING [...] (U) On 1 September 2004, the Supreme Court in regular session began hearing testimony in the alien smuggling trial of Congressional representative Guillermo Radhames Ramos Garcia. Because Ramos Garcia is a legislator, the Supreme Court is the court of first instance. Ramos, a former consul t [...]	2004-09-03 18:38:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS SMIG DR
04SANTODOMINGO502	Electricity Sector Shutting Down in the Dominican [...] (SBU) Summary: As more power plants shut down, GODR and energy sector representatives in public recriminations. Negotiators are close to an agreement that would put Cogentrix back on line. End summary. 2. (SBU) Nine representatives of the electricity sector briefed the Ambassador on Jan [...]	2004-01-28 12:20:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL ENRG DR
04SANTODOMINGO5024	DOMINICAN POLITICS: SUGAR, IPR, TAXES AND TRADE -- [...] (U) Following is the first in our series on the politics of the new Dominican administration of Leonel Fernandez. (U) Dominican Politics #1: Sugar, IPR, Taxes and Trade ) Trouble for Free Traders (U) Powerful opponents of free trade are mounting a campaign to discredit the agreement with t [...]	2004-09-07 17:30:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ETRD EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO5080	DOMINICAN SENATORS TELL AMBASSADOR THEY'LL BLOCK [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador obtained from Senate and PRD leaders September 8 a commitment to delete a proposed 25 percent tax on beverages using imported high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) from paragraph 9 of the pending fiscal reform legislation (reftel). The Ambassador told them the protection [...]	2004-09-10 17:59:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ETRD EFIN PREL DR
04SANTODOMINGO5150	REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY [...] Embassy Santo Domingo has no foreign policy objection to proposed research. KUBISKE [...]	2004-09-15 14:05:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR KSCA TBIO OSCI
04SANTODOMINGO5153	DOMINICAN TAX REFORM AND TELECOMS [...] Embassy Santo Domingo thanks Department for information about meeting on September 7 with Verizon concerning the tax package currently before the Dominican congress, as well as the September 14 message detailing efforts to date by telecoms companies in Santo Domingo. 2. The Ambassador recei [...]	2004-09-15 18:46:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS BEXP EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO5154	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT AND ECON TEAM SEEK TO REASSURE [...] (U) Summary: During the September 8 visit of EXIMBANK Vice President David Miller Dominican President Fernandez and his advisors stressed that the country,s economic crisis was one of liquidity rather than insolvency. They indicated their commitment to meeting the country's debt obligations an [...]	2004-09-15 18:47:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO5156	DOMINICAN AMCHAM MEETING TURNS UGLY OVER SUGAR AND [...] (SBU) At the American Chamber of Commerce,s September 13th board meeting, Charge and Embassy staff were subjected to a harsh rant by sugar interests. The meeting was to have focused on DR-CAFTA, but it became a forum for a discussion of the demands of the sugar sector for protection and the r [...]	2004-09-15 20:17:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL BEXP
04SANTODOMINGO5186	DOMINICAN POLITICS #2: FERNANDEZ, CRISIS AND [...] (U) Following is no. 2 in our Politics 2004 series, our scenesetter for the visit September 16-17 to the Domincan Republic of OAS Amb. John Maisto. Amb. Maisto will participate in public events at the MFA Diplomatic School and the "Foundation for Global Democracy and Development," both to de [...]	2004-09-16 16:08:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO5227	GTRI PARTNERS' CONFERENCE IN VIENNA: DOMINICAN [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-19 15:01:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KNNP TRGY PTER MNUC DR
04SANTODOMINGO5242	DOMINICAN PRES. FERNANDEZ OFFERS TO RESOLVE CORN [...] (C) Summary: Visiting USOAS PermRep Ambassador John Maisto and Ambassador Hertell took advantage of a meeting planned on Summit of the Americas to tell President Fernandez and Foreign Secretary Carlos Morales Troncoso September 16 that a proposed 25 percent tax on products containing high fruc [...]	2004-09-20 18:09:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV DR

04SANTODOMINGO5302	FORMER DOMINICAN PRESIDENT OPTIMISTIC THAT SENATE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Former Dominican President Hipolito Mejia told Ambassador Hertell September 22 that he expects that the effort will succeed to remove from the fiscal reform bill now in the Senate the proposed 25 percent tax on beverages that use high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS). It [...]	2004-09-22 22:52:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL BEXP PGOV EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO535	GRULAC DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GODR [...] Poloff delivered reftel talking points and non-paper to Ambassador Rhadys Abreu de Polanco, Deputy Director of the International Organizations desk at the Dominican Foreign Ministry. Ambassador Abreu had no immediate comment. Any information received on the GODR's candidate to chair the 59th [...]	2004-01-28 20:44:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM DR
04SANTODOMINGO536	DEMOCRACY CAUCUS AT CHR DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Poloff delivered reftel talking points to Ambassador Rhadys Abreu de Polanco, Deputy Director of the International Organizations Desk at the Dominican Foreign Ministry on January 27, 2004. Ambassador Abreu said she would pass on the information to the Director of International Organizations, [...]	2004-01-28 20:45:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PREL PHUM
04SANTODOMINGO537	DOMINICAN WORK STOPPAGE, JAN 28-29: STREETS ARE [...] (SBU) Most businesses were shuttered and schools were closed for the January 28-29 national work stoppage in the Dominican Republic, called by a coalition of community, labor, student, and political groups to protest economic and social policies. Banks and supermarkets were open but neighborho [...]	2004-01-28 22:44:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ELAB ASEC DR
04SANTODOMINGO5372	REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-28 13:12:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR KSCA OSCI TBIO
04SANTODOMINGO5394	TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER (TFCO) AT [...] (U)As requested, following is the TFCO related information. 2. (SBU)(a) Contact information for: TFCO: Lisa J. Kubiske, DCM, (809)731-4308, kubiskeLJ@state.gov and DTFCO: Stephen S. Wheeler, Chief Econ Officer, (809)731-4293, wheelerSS@state.gov. (b) Who chairs terrorist finance m [...]	2004-09-29 14:21:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KVPR PREL PTER KTFN
04SANTODOMINGO5425	DOMINICAN POLITICS #3: FREE TRADE, PAID JOURNALISM [...] Following is number 3 in our series on Dominican politics in 2004: Free Trade, Paid Journalism and Bad Press for the United States A small, powerful coterie of infuriated sugar barons continues to use influence and money in an effort to convince the Dominican public of the bad faith of D [...]	2004-09-30 15:32:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO5426	DOMINICAN BANKING SERIES # 7 - NEW LEGAL TEAMS AIM [...] (U) This is cable number 7 in a periodic series on the banking system and bank frauds in the Dominican Republic. SEE ACTION REQUESTS FOR SEC AND DOJ/OIA BELOW. NEW LEGAL TEAMS AIM AT ALVAREZ RENTA AND PROMISE VIGOROUS PROSECUTIONS 2. (U) Legal actions and investigations continue ag [...]	2004-09-30 15:32:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN PGOV PREL KJUS DR
04SANTODOMINGO5437	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC SCENESETTER FOR POSSIBLE VIP [...] Following is a backgrounder for a possible VIP visit to the Dominican Republic: (U) Background. The Dominican Republic, just 70 miles from Puerto Rico across the treacherous Mona Passage, is a heavyweight in the Caribbean, a strong trading partner, and a helpful ally in the Caribbean. The U [...]	2004-09-30 20:37:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO5468	DOMINICAN POLITICS #4: FERNANDEZ AND REPEAL OF TAX [...] Following is number 4 in our series on the 2004 politics of the Fernandez administration: Fernandez and Repeal of Tax Measure President Leonel Fernandez signed and promulgated on September 28 the tax measures passed by the Dominican Congress and submitted to the Dominican Senate on Septem [...]	2004-10-01 20:26:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETRD DR
04SANTODOMINGO5480	IMF VISIT TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REVEALS LITTLE [...] (C) Summary: An IMF team led by Steven Phillips (protect) to Santo Domingo this week reported that the Dominican Republic continued to face an acute crisis. The GODR had made only limited progress toward an integrated plan that could serve as the basis for resuming its IMF program. The team [...]	2004-10-01 22:22:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS BEXP EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO5501	SECTION 102(G) PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION: INSTRAW [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Embassy obtained from the UN Institute for Training and Advancement of Women (INSTRAW) a list of 385 NGOs that have some link with INSTRAW, from being on a mailing list to, in a few cases, collaborating in research or training projects. 2. (SBU) Embassy has carefully rev [...]	2004-10-04 21:02:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PHUM SOCI KWMN DR
04SANTODOMINGO5502	59TH UNGA: U.S. DRAFT FOR 1ST COMMITTEE DELIVERED [...] Embassy Santo Domingo on October 4 delivered to MFA international organizations deputy director Rhadys Abreu de Polanco reftel talking points (as a nonpaper) and U.S. draft resolution on improving the effectiveness of the methods of work of the First Committee (Disarmament). She undertook to [...]	2004-10-04 21:04:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PARM PREL DR
04SANTODOMINGO5503	FINAL GODR EXTRADITION CASES UNDER PRESIDENT MEJIA [...] (U) On July 30, 2004, seven fugitives were extradited from the Dominican Republic in the company of U.S. Marshals. They were as follows: a. Gornelio Serrano, reftel A, wanted to stand trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on federal narcotics charges. b. Humber [...]	2004-10-04 21:05:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN KJUS PINR SNAR DR
04SANTODOMINGO5603	DCI SPECIAL ADVISOR'S REPORT ON IRAQ WMD: [...] Embassy provided reftel talking points as a non-paper to MFA director for U.S. affairs Roger Espaillat on October 8. He undertook to share the information with the director of Middle East affairs. Espaillat had no immediate substantive reaction, but appreciated having the points available if t [...]	2004-10-08 23:13:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR DR
04SANTODOMINGO5604	DOMINICAN INTERNAL REVENUE DIRECTOR GENERAL TO [...] (U) Summary: During a visit by Ambassador Hertell to Director General of Internal Revenue Juan Hernandez, Hernandez indicated that the Dominican Republic continues to experience difficulties with tax collections and stated his intention to clamp down on tax cheats. He responded to the Ambassa [...]	2004-10-12 11:17:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO5671	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - DEMARCHE AGAINST CUBA'S [...] (SBU) EcoPol chief delivered demarche and talking points on Cuba's embargo resolution to Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano on October 14. EcoPol chief recalled the Dominican Republic's help in passing the Cuba resolution at the UN Human Rights Commission. Liriano heard out the presen [...]	2004-10-15 17:37:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD
04SANTODOMINGO5672	U.S. NOMINEE FOR ICTY - DEMARCHE TO DOMINICAN [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-15 18:22:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS KAWC PHUM DR
04SANTODOMINGO5696	DOMINICAN RESPONSE: CONVOKING A SPECIAL SESSION OF [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-18 16:00:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV
04SANTODOMINGO5718	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: BLUE LANTERN OFFICER CONTACT [...] Embassy Santo Domingo designates following officer to be responsible for oversight of the Blue Lantern Program in the Dominican Republic: Name: Stephen S. Wheeler Position: Chief, Economic Unit Telephone: 809-731-4293 Fax.: 809-686-4038 E-mail:wheelers@state.gov Estimated Departure Date [...]	2004-10-18 21:43:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR ETTC KOMC KSEP
04SANTODOMINGO5727	DEMARCHES TO DOMINICANS ON HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP [...] (U) Summary. EcoPol counselor delivered talking points urging rapid repeal of the 25 percent tax on fructose-sweetened drinks to Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano on October 14. She accepted the document and undertook to pass it on. EcoPol counselor and poloff met Senator Alejand [...]	2004-10-19 17:14:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO5740	DOMINICAN ELECTRICITY: THE LAZARUS EFFECT [...] Summary (SBU) The Dominican electrical sector is still in great difficulty. Generation is running consistently below peak demand. Blackouts occur regularly, although they are less prolonged than in the last days of the Mejia administration. The government is keeping the lights through the end [...]	2004-10-20 11:10:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR ECON ENRG PGOV EINV
04SANTODOMINGO5757	DOMINICAN TEXTILES - PROSPECTS FOR PRODUCTION AND [...] Embassy Santo Domingo provides the following information in response to reftel. 2. Nominal GDP in billions of USD FY 2002 21.6 FY 2003 16.8 Nominal Manufacturing GDP (industrial production) in billions of USD FY 2002 3.48 (16.1 percent of total GDP) FY 2003 2.57 (15.3 percent of t [...]	2004-10-20 18:32:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB ETRD KTEX DR EINV
04SANTODOMINGO5777	DOMINICAN POLITICS #6: THE PRD: IT'S BROKE. FIX [...] (SBU) This is #6 in our current series on politics in the Dominican Republic: The PRD: It,s Broke. Fix It. (U) ** Without Hipolito Mejia to hold it together, the venerable populist PRD is not mounting a coordinated response to Leonel Fernandez's PLD administration. We look at the conten [...]	2004-10-20 22:47:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR DR
04SANTODOMINGO5779	DOMINICAN ATTORNEY VINCHO CASTILLO - STILL KICKING [...] (C) "Those who love me, love me a lot. Those who hate me, hate me a lot," declared Marino Vinicio Castillo (Vincho) when questioned by a reporter in 2000 about his reputation for controversy. It was a good self-characterization then and remains true today. Vincho, a well known attorney wh [...]	2004-10-21 11:04:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR EFIN KJUS PGOV DR CASTILLO VINICIO MARINO
04SANTODOMINGO5856	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: OAS AMB. MAISTO ADDRESSES FREE [...] (U) U.S. PermRep to the OAS Ambassador John Maisto, emphasized goals of the OAS Monterrey and Quebec Summits of the Americas in discussions with government, private sector, and NGO leaders and the media during his September 16-18 visit to Santo Domingo. He was accompanied by Ambassador Hertel [...]	2004-10-25 20:00:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KSUM KCOR KHIV ETRD SCUL XL XM DR
04SANTODOMINGO5858	NEW DOMINICAN CODE AMENDS EXTRADITION PROCESS [...] Summary. The Dominican Republic implemented a new criminal procedural code on September 27, 2004 which moves the Dominican criminal justice system from an inquisitorial system towards an accusatory system. The new code amends the procedure for handling extradition cases. The USG has reques [...]	2004-10-25 20:41:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN KJUS PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO5888	DOMINICAN POLITICS #7: THE VANISHING LEFT [...] (SBU) This is #7 in our current series on politics in the Dominican Republic: The Vanishing Left ** Despite current economic hardships, Dominicans have shown no interest at all in radical political solutions. This year's presidential election emphasized the eclipse of the left. With a t [...]	2004-10-27 16:47:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL DR VE CU CH TW
04SANTODOMINGO593	ALIEN SMUGGLING TRIAL FOR DOMINICAN CONGRESSMAN [...] (SBU) Trial proceedings against accused alien smuggler Congressman Guillermo Radhames Ramos Garcia were postponed again on January 28 after his lawyer failed to appear in court. Lawyers for the two co-defendants did not appear either. The trial will resume at the Supreme Court on March 24. [...]	2004-01-29 23:51:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KJUS SMIG DR
04SANTODOMINGO594	DOMINICAN ILLEGALS: USDOJ AND USCG ACTION REQUEST [...] SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: This interagency message presents the unified views of cognizant agencies at Embassy Santo Domingo on the current surge of illegal migrant travel from the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico. Present efforts by Dominican and American officials are inadequate to cou [...]	2004-01-30 10:48:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR SMIG KJUS EWWT DR
04SANTODOMINGO5952	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT ON CORRUPTION, FREE TRADE [...] (C) Summary. Dominican President Fernandez asked on October 21 for USG help in addressing corruption issues. He told the Ambassador that he remains strongly in favor of the free trade agreement (FTA). He gave the sugar sector an opportunity of "only three weeks" (until sometime the week of [...]	2004-10-28 19:16:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PGOV EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO596	TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES UNHAPPY WITH NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Executives from three Dominican telecommunications companies, all with majority U.S. investment, briefed emboffs January 27 on a recent presidential decree they said effectively imposes a 10 percent tax on telecommunications companies' gross revenues. They asked for USG advoca [...]	2004-01-30 11:23:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EFIN PREL EINV ECON DR
04SANTODOMINGO5972	DOMINICAN TECHNICAL SECRETARY OUTLINES PROGRESS [...] (SBU) Dominican Technical Secretary of the Dominican presidency Temistocles Montas received the Ambassador and senior staff last night, October 28 to discuss a variety of topics, including the progress in discussions on a new IMF program, the Paris Club, the country,s new oil finance deal with [...]	2004-10-29 19:03:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO5982	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AGREES TO CO-SPONSOR UNGA [...] Embassy delivered reftel demarche to the MFA on October 19. On October 29, Deputy IO Ddirector Rhadys Abreu de Polanco called to say that Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso had approved the Dominican Republic's co-sponsoring the proposed U.S. draft UNGA resolution on the international [...]	2004-11-01 12:13:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCIP IO PM DR
04SANTODOMINGO5985	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: IMPLEMENTATION OF 2004 PARIS [...] The Ambassador delivered the draft text of the Paris Club rescheduling agreement, in English only, to Technical Secretary for the Dominican Presidency Temistocles Montas on SIPDIS October 28. Emboffs asked that Montas and his staff examine it and indicate whether any changes would be reque [...]	2004-11-01 13:21:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR KTIA EFIN
04SANTODOMINGO6028	DOMINICAN AIDS OFFICE TELLS GLOBAL FUND IT WILL [...] Summary. Appointees of the new Dominican administration told visiting representatives from the Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria (GFATM) that they will quickly improve management to qualify for the first tranche of the USD 47m grant. GFATM gave the administration until January 31. The [...]	2004-11-03 13:05:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR ECON EFIN KHIV
04SANTODOMINGO6052	SANTO DOMINGO PARTICIPANTS IN WHA ECONOMIC [...] Embassy Santo Domingo will send econ officers Stephen Wheeler and Mark Kendrick, arriving Wednesday, December 8 and departing Friday, December 10. HERTELL [...]	2004-11-04 17:29:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	XL AMGT APER BEXP ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD DR
04SANTODOMINGO6061	DOMINICAN ATTORNEY GENERAL WILL COORDINATE [...] (U) Summary. Dominican cabinet members and senior officials, meeting as a group with the Ambassador and Embassy staff on October 20 and 22, cited several instances of recent progress in combating TIP, including the creation of a new cyber-crimes unit in the Attorney General's office, the brea [...]	2004-11-04 22:41:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KWMN DR
04SANTODOMINGO6062	IFIS ON DOMINICAN FINANCES - TIGHT TIMETABLE WITH [...] (SBU) Despite progress on institutional reforms, the Dominican government still has a number of decisions to make before a new standby agreement can be reached with the IMF. Concerns about electricity sector reforms and and unanswered questions on fiscal problems mean that a tentative IMF Boar [...]	2004-11-05 11:15:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EFIN DR PGOV
04SANTODOMINGO6118	IMF POLICY PAPER - DRAFT SUMMARY OF THE DOMINICAN [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-09 17:39:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV EINV DR
04SANTODOMINGO6119	DOMINICAN - VENEZUELAN AGREEMENTS ON CONCESSIONAL [...] During a November 6 stopover in Santo Domingo lasting less than twelve hours, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez signed with Dominican President Leonel Fernandez two agreements, the first providing favorable terms for Dominican purchase of Venezuelan petroleum products and the second encouragi [...]	2004-11-09 17:53:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET EFIN ENRG DR
04SANTODOMINGO6134	(S) DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: AMBASSADOR, IMMIGRATION [...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador and Immigration Director Baret discussed corruption in Dominican airports and ports on November 3, 2004. The Ambassador named names, including military officers assigned to Immigration, and urged dismissal and prosecution. Baret said prosecution was difficult, p [...]	2004-11-10 16:18:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	SECRET	PREL SMIG KJUS MARR DR
04SANTODOMINGO6198	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT [...] The following interim trafficking in persons (TIP) assessment (paras 2-7) addresses the questions in paragraph 6L of reftel. 2. The Government of the Dominican Republic has made progress in addressing TIP, particularly in the development of a comprehensive anti-TIP strategy and in increased [...]	2004-11-16 14:30:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM KWMN DR
04SANTODOMINGO6213	DOMINICAN POLITICS #8: FERNANDEZ, THE RIO GROUP [...] (C) Summary. When the Rio Group summit of November 4 got to the agenda item on Haiti, Dominican President Leonel Fernandez asked for hemispheric help in re-instilling democracy in that &narco-state,8 but he put a big front wrong in advocating the inclusion in the process of former president [...]	2004-11-16 20:51:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR ENRG HA PGOV PREL
04SANTODOMINGO6226	UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] Embassy on November 9 delivered demarches (refs A-B) on UNGA human rights resolutions and on November 16 the urgent demarche on Third Committee resolutions (ref C). 2. MFA UN/OAS affairs deputy director Rhadys Abreu de Polanco told us that she would have to await the return of Deputy FonMi [...]	2004-11-17 12:37:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL DR
04SANTODOMINGO6229	OPPOSING ANTI-ISRAELI BIAS AT UNGA - DOMINICAN [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel talking points to MFA deputy director for UN/OAS affairs Rhadys Abreu de Polanco on November 16. She said any decision on the GODR's position on the anti-Israel resolutions would have to await the return of Deputy FonMin Alejandra Liriano on November 20. We will [...]	2004-11-17 12:38:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS DR
04SANTODOMINGO6232	CWC - NON-STATES PARTIES ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-17 12:39:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL DR
04SANTODOMINGO6234	59TH UNGA: REPASCH CANDIDACY FOR JSPB - DOMINICAN [...] Embassy delivered reftel demarche and talking points o/a October 29 to MFA UN/OAS deputy director Rhadys Abreu de Polanco. On November 16 she informed poloff that the GODR will support the candidacy of Mr. Thomas Repasch for re-election to the UN Joint Staff Pension Committee. HERTELL [...]	2004-11-17 12:40:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KSEP DR
04SANTODOMINGO6238	U.S. NOMINEE MERON FOR ICTY - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] The MFA deputy director for UN affairs, Rhadys Abreu de Polanco, informed us November 15 that the Dominican Republic will support Judge Theodor Meron's candidacy for reelection as a permanent judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). HERTELL [...]	2004-11-17 12:41:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS KAWC PHUM DR
04SANTODOMINGO6240	DOMINICAN POLITICS #9 - CHAVEZ BRINGS GENEROUS [...] (C) Summary. Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez made an eight-hour visit to Santo Domingo on November 6, the main event of which was the signature of a bilateral agreement called the "Caracas Accord" to provide generous financing terms for 25 percent of 50,000 barrels a day of Dominican impo [...]	2004-11-17 13:42:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO6280	ACTION REQUEST ON NEGOTIATIONS UNDER GLOBAL [...] (SBU) Dominican Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso received the Ambassador on November 18, heard out USG concerns from reftel concerning the requested U.S. allocation of methyl bromide under the Montreal Protocol, and readily assured the Ambassador that the Dominican Republic would supp [...]	2004-11-18 21:01:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV AORC EAGR ETRD PREL DR
04SANTODOMINGO6292	DOMINICAN SENATORS SCHEDULE VOTE ON REPEAL OF [...] (SBU) Summary. Senate president Andres Bautista has scheduled a Senate vote to repeal the 25 percent tax on beverages sweetened with high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) for Saturday, November 20. This move follows the Ambassador,s delivery of USTR Amb. Zoellick,s November 16 letter to President [...]	2004-11-19 15:03:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO630	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #19: OPENING OF THE [...] (C) Following is number 18 in our series on the Dominican elections. OPENING OF THE DOMINICAN PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN PRD - Mejia brings it home (U) A nationwide work stoppage January 28-29 to protest economic conditions and President Mejia's policies (Refs A-B) has only briefly int [...]	2004-01-30 21:38:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO6308	GODR ATTORNEY GENERAL TARGETS VEHICLE SCAM [...] (U) Summary. On November 18 the Dominican Attorney General filed charges against 12 former officials and members of former President Mejia's party faction, all of them with ties to El Plan de Renovacion de Vehiculos (Plan RENOVE),a government program created in 2000 by the Mejia administra [...]	2004-11-19 18:35:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO6309	GODR EXTRADITES 11 FUGITIVES [...] (U) On November 18, 2004, 11 fugitives were extradited from the Dominican Republic in the company of U.S. Marshals and courtesy of the DEA air wing. They were as follows: a. Francisco Billini, reftel A, wanted to stand trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York [...]	2004-11-19 18:35:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN KJUS KCRM PINR SNAR PREL DR
04SANTODOMINGO6315	WHA SUMMER 2005 INTERN PROGRAM [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-19 21:20:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	APER AMGT
04SANTODOMINGO6338	DOMINICAN RENOVE OFFICIALS GET BAIL [...] (U) Summary. After a lengthy hearing on November 19, 2004, the Dominican officials charged with embezzlement in the RENOVE scheme (reftel A),were released on bail and/or on their own recognizance. The cases will move forward under the new Dominican criminal procedural code. The released [...]	2004-11-23 18:21:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS DR
04SANTODOMINGO6339	GODR EXTRADITES TWO FUGITIVES [...] (U) On November 20, 2004, two fugitives were extradited from the Dominican Republic in the company of U.S. Marshals. Jose M. Guzman, reftel A, is wanted to stand trial in the Eastern District of New York on federal narcotics charges. Jose Bonilla is wanted to stand trial in the Supreme Court [...]	2004-11-23 19:26:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN KJUS PREL PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO6413	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FAILS TO PRODUCE REPORT ON [...] The Dominican Republic missed an October 5 deadline established in a side letter to CAFTA obligating the government to report on actions it is taking to stop television broadcast piracy. When the National Organization for Copyright Protection (ONDA) provided a preliminary copy of the late rep [...]	2004-11-30 20:45:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR EINV DR
04SANTODOMINGO6415	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FAILS TO PRODUCE REPORT ON [...] Note proposed Embassy action, para 9. 2. The Dominican Republic missed an October 5 deadline established in a side letter to CAFTA obligating the government to report on actions it is taking to stop television broadcast piracy. When the National Office for Copyright Protection (ONDA) prov [...]	2004-11-30 21:08:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR EINV DR
04SANTODOMINGO6466	CUBA: COUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY REVIEW RE SUSPENSION OF [...] (SBU) In response to para 6 Ref A, Embassy finds there has been no marked change in the Dominican Republic's situation with regard to Cuba since our last report (Ref B). 2. (SBU) The administration of President Fernandez, which took office August 16, has so far taken a low profile on Cuban [...]	2004-12-02 17:02:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CU ETTC DR
04SANTODOMINGO6472	DOMINICAN POLITICS #10: SANTO DOMINGO, BETWEEN [...] (U) This is #10 in our current series on politics in the Dominican Republic: Santo Domingo, Between Taipei and Beijing (C) Summary and comment: Beijing's global campaign to isolate Taiwan has reached the Dominican Republic, the largest Caribbean island nation that maintains diplomatic re [...]	2004-12-02 18:27:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EINV EPET CH TW DR XE
04SANTODOMINGO6492	DOMINICAN AGRICULTURE SECRETARY DEFENDS FREE TRADE [...] On December 1 Dominican Secretary of Agriculture Amilcar Romero replied to an anti-trade-agreement diatribe at a national ceremony with a reasoned defense of the free trade agreement with the United States and Central America (CAFTA) and advised ranchers and farmers that agriculture will have [...]	2004-12-03 17:46:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR EAGR ETRD PGOV PREL
04SANTODOMINGO6498	DOMINICAN POLITICS #11: FERNANDEZ'S SPEECH ON HIS [...] (SBU) Following is number 11 in our series on 2004 Dominican politics. Fernandez's Speech on his First 100 Days - - - - - - - - - - - - - - First announced for the 100th day of his administration, November 25, President Leonel Fernandez's speech was postponed until Monday night, November [...]	2004-12-06 11:06:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO6524	U.S. COMS' HIV/AIDS CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS [...] Summary: In a packed three days in early October, the U.S. Government's senior HIV/AIDS team and Caribbean-based U.S. Ambassadors, with the help of Dominican President Leonel Fernandez, his health team and the winners of an HIV/AIDS song contest for youth, threw the spotlight on HIV/AIDS in a [...]	2004-12-06 17:19:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SOCI EAID DR
04SANTODOMINGO6564	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: TRANSPARENCY OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Dominican Republic,s military budget is determined in the national budget process overseen by the Office of the Budget, resulting in an annual national government budget bill considered and voted by Congress and signed and promulgated by the President. The military budget [...]	2004-12-07 20:57:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR EAID EFIN MARR
04SANTODOMINGO6609	DOMINICAN VOTE TO REPEAL PROTECTIONIST TAX - [...] (SBU) Summary: The Dominican Senate achieved a breakthrough of sorts on December 7 with a preliminary vote (19 to 1) in favor of repealing a protectionist 25 percent tax on beverages containing imported high fructose corn syrup, which for months has been a barrier to Dominican participation i [...]	2004-12-09 20:18:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO6656	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: PRC REPRESENTATIVE PUSHES [...] (SBU) During a courtesy call December 10, the head of the Santo Domingo Commercial Development Office of the People's Republic of China Cai Weiquan told Charge Kubiske that his purpose in the Dominican Republic is to encourage it to switch diplomatic recognition, recognizing Beijing instead o [...]	2004-12-14 17:20:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD EINV PINR CH TW DR
04SANTODOMINGO668	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #20: HURRAH FOR HIPOLITO [...] (SBU) Following is no. 20 in our Dominican presidential election series: HURRAH FOR HIPOLITO, THE PRD CANDIDATE As exprected, President Hipolito Mejia was acclaimed as the PRD's presidential candidate by thousands of delegates and government employees reportedly bused in at the party [...]	2004-02-02 22:19:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO6699	DOMINICAN STANDOFF ON REPEAL OF PROTECTIONIST TAX [...] (SBU) Summary: President Fernandez on December 14 implied he would veto a bill to repeal a the protectionist 25% tax on fructose-sweetened beverages if the Dominican Senate does not remove all of the "compensatory" tax breaks for agribusiness and industry that have been added to the original d [...]	2004-12-16 11:15:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO6734	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ON OAS SYG CANDIDATE [...] (C) Summary: Political party leader (and former foreign minister) Victor Gomez Berges told Charge Kubiske December 15 that he is interested in being considered as an alternate candidate for the OAS Secretary General job in the event the Central Americans are unable to reach a consensus. Gomez [...]	2004-12-17 22:07:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL DR HA
04SANTODOMINGO6752	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) SUMMARY. There were no terrorist attacks or known terrorism related activities in the Dominican Republic during calendar year 2004. The GODR continues to work closely with the USG and others in the fight on global terrorism. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) The Dominican Republic was not cove [...]	2004-12-20 18:10:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC
04SANTODOMINGO683	DOMINICAN ATTORNEY GENERAL FINALLY COMPLIES, [...] (U) On January 30, 2004, Josefina Rojas was extradited from the Dominican Republic in the company of US Marshals. Rojas is wanted to stand trial on federal narcotics charges in the Southern District of New York. The Dominican Republic's National Drug Control Directorate (DNCD),working with U.S. M [...]	2004-02-03 20:47:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	CJAN KCRM KFRD PINR SNAR DR
04SANTODOMINGO685	AES DOMINICANA TO SELL OFF ELECTRICITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AES Dominicana President Julian Nebreda and local generating facilities President Kevin Manning told DCM and Emboffs on February 3 that Virginia-based AES intends to sell its 50 percent share of Dominican distribution company EdeEste, which AES manages. Nebreda cited monthly [...]	2004-02-04 11:00:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BTIO ENRG EINV ECON DR
04SANTODOMINGO6880	DOMINICANS MAKE TIP ARRESTS; GET ALIEN SMUGGLING [...] Dominican authorities continue to crack down on illegal smuggling and trafficking operations, particularly where there is evidence of child sexual exploitation. In late December, the district attorney,s office in Santiago, the Dominican Republic,s second largest city, closed two bars known fo [...]	2004-12-29 12:24:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO6915	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TOWARD PARIS CLUB AND THE IMF [...] (U) Dominican Technical Secretary Temistocles Montas called in Paris Club governments' local representatives on December 29 and asked them to offer financing assurances for the Dominican Republic for 2005-2006 at the next Paris Club meeting, which is scheduled for the week of January 10. Monta [...]	2004-12-30 18:45:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR EFIN PREL
04SANTODOMINGO745	DOMINICAN BANKING SERIES #4: BANCREDITO AND [...] This is the fourth cable in a series on the Dominican Banking Sector. BANCREDITO AND BANINTER MANEUVERS (U) Baninter and Bancredito are no more. Baninter has been dissolved and Bancredito has been sold to Grupo Leon and renamed Banco Leon. Although the legal entities no longer exist, t [...]	2004-02-05 15:13:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR EFIN KJUS PGOV PREL
04SANTODOMINGO790	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] The following is the Embassy response to reftel. Human Rights Record in the DR and the US Strategy --------------------------------------------- ---- 2. President Hipolito Mejia of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) took office in August 2000 after a generally free and fair election. [...]	2004-02-06 21:34:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR ELAB KDEM KPAO KSEP PGOV PHUM PREL
04SANTODOMINGO794	DOMINICAN WORK STOPPAGE, JAN 28-29: FEW GAINS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Dominican Republic has returned to normal after a January 28-29 national work stoppage by labor and community groups and small leftist parties. The stoppage was successful for the opposition in gaining widespread Dominican support and successful for the government in that v [...]	2004-02-06 22:16:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ELAB ASEC DR
04SANTODOMINGO796	GODR VOTES WITH US ON OAS COLOMBIA PEACE PROCESS [...] Poloffs delivered urgent request for GODR to vote for a resolution to establish an OAS mission to support the peace process in Colombia. Ambassador Rhadys Abreu de Polanco, deputy director of the International Organizations desk at the GODR Foreign Ministry, discussed the resolution with Dep [...]	2004-02-09 11:21:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER AORC CO DR
04SANTODOMINGO797	GODR COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE ENERGY GENERATORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GODR appointed a six-member commission that includes Police General Pedro de Jesus Candelier and Secretary of Defense, Lieutenant General Jose Miguel Soto SIPDIS Jimenez, and senior GODR officials to reconcile GODR debt, determine fuel company fuel stocks, and review a sec [...]	2004-02-09 11:30:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EINV DR
04SANTODOMINGO863	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: UN'S INSTRAW GETS NEW DIRECTOR [...] Dr. Carmen Moreno, the recently arrived new director of the UN International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW),briefed local diplomats on her plan to revitalize the UN entity, at a breakfast hosted by the Spanish ambassador February 3. Moreno, former Mexi [...]	2004-02-10 19:43:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KWMN DR MX
04SANTODOMINGO901	DOMINICAN ELECTION SERIES # 21: DOMINICAN SUPREME [...] (SBU) This is cable number 21 in our series on the Dominican Presidential Elections. Dominican Supreme Court Declines Advance Review of Election Bill The tedious, messy and probably ultimately irrelevant initiative to pass a "slogan law" (ley de lemas) continued on February 9 as the [...]	2004-02-11 19:05:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO957	DOMINICAN ELECTION #22: LEONEL CONFIDENT, HIPOLITO [...] (SBU) This is number 22 in our Presidential election series. LEONEL CONFIDENT, HIPOLITO DIGS IN Dominican President Hipolito Mejia got bad news last week for his re-election bid. It should have been a good week, with the IMF approval of a new standby, a government agreement with the ele [...]	2004-02-17 11:46:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO990	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC-PARIS CLUB: AVOIDING BURDEN [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 17 Dominican Presidency official Carlos Despradel asked the Charge to seek U.S. support in an effort to avoid burden sharing for holders of sovereign debt bonds. Having just received the portfolio for Paris Club negotiations, he is deeply concerned about the impact [...]	2004-02-18 13:15:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	DR EFIN
04SAOPAULO1541	MUNICIPAL ELECTION RESULTS IN THE SOUTH: PT [...] Summary. In Sao Paulo and the South, the PSDB was the big winner and the PT the big loser in the second round of the Brazilian municipal elections on October 31. The PT lost control of the two biggest prizes in the region, Sao Paulo and Porto Alegre, the second of which the party had govern [...]	2004-11-01 20:33:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR SOCI BR
04TAIPEI3667	BEIJING ACCELERATING GLOBAL CAMPAIGN AGAINST [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan officials say Beijing is effectively leveraging its growing international clout to orchestrate a global campaign to isolate Taipei. Officials assert that Beijing's recent efforts have become increasingly coordinated, organized, and creative. Taiwan MOFA officials maintai [...]	2004-11-17 07:22:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON TW
04TEGUCIGALPA1434	HONDURAN PROTESTS BEGIN TO CREATE CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Honduran President Ricardo Maduro is facing an increasingly challenging domestic political situation. United teachers' unions are entering their fourth week on strike and have rejected offers from the government to resolve its wage dispute. President Maduro personally joined the [...]	2004-06-24 17:09:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB PREL PHUM HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1581	March For Life Focused on Forests Reenergizes [...] (U) SUMMARY: The March for Life (Marcha por la Vida) appears to have successfully launched a new committed environmental protection movement in the country. It remains to be seen if the movement can sustain its momentum and maintain political pressure on the government and Congress, and whet [...]	2004-07-16 22:03:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SENV KCRM KJUS PHUM SNAR SOCI HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2646	HONDURAN PRIMARY ELECTIONS IN FEBRUARY: PASTOR AND [...] (SBU) Summary. With the February 20, 2005, primary elections three months away, the race is tightening on the Nationalists side with President of Congress Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo closing the gap on Tegucigalpa Mayor Miguel Pastor. On the Liberal side, politician Mel Zelaya is pulling away from [...]	2004-11-26 12:17:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM ECON SNAR KJUS PINR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2766	HONDURAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES: NATIONALS - [...] (SBU) Introduction: During recent meetings with Washington visitor, National Party leading presidential candidates Miguel Pastor (first in polls) and Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo (second in polls) were impressive, Liberal Party leading presidential candidate Mel Zelaya was charismatic, while third pla [...]	2004-12-10 21:46:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM ECON ETRD SNAR KJUS PINR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2768	HONDURAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES: NATIONALS - [...] (SBU) Introduction: During recent meetings with Washington visitor, National Party leading presidential candidates Miguel Pastor (first in polls) and Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo (second in polls) were impressive, Liberal Party leading presidential candidate Mel Zelaya was charismatic, while third pla [...]	2004-12-13 12:05:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM ECON ETRD SNAR KJUS PINR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA530	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR HONDURAN CONTINGENT IN [...] Embassy requests the Department to perform a background check on the following Honduran Army officers who form the leadership of Task Force Xatruch II, the Honduran contingent in support of OIF. WILFREDO CALDERON CANALES SANTA RITA, YORO 24 MAR 58 ADAN DE JESUS PALAO AVILA OLANCHITO, YORO [...]	2004-03-04 19:44:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS HO
05AMMAN1826	MDA ISSUE: EMBLEM WORKING GROUP'S NEXT STEPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Based on recent consultations with regional members of the Emblem Working Group, the Chair of the International Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement's Standing Commission is confident the majority of Arab National Societies can be persuaded to actively support the reconvening of the a [...]	2005-03-06 14:57:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL PREL PREF IS JO ICRC
05ASUNCION1069	PARAGUAY: IMF MISSION BRIEFS AMBASSADOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) During a lunch hosted by the Ambassador, the visiting IMF team told us that the government appears to have stayed the course on fiscal responsibility and to have tentatively met all of the e [...]	2005-08-24 21:04:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PA
05ASUNCION1379	PARAGUAY: PRESIDENT OF THE CENTRAL BANK MONICA [...] (SBU) President Duarte nominated Monica Perez as the President of the Central Bank in April 2005, receiving much attention for his choice of a "technocrat" rather than a political ally. The Senate confirmed her nomination in June 2005. 2. (SBU) Perez has a tough, no nonsense style and [...]	2005-11-07 20:32:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR PGOV PREL PA
05ASUNCION596	PARAGUAY-COLOMBIA SECURITY COOPERATION AND [...] (U) In furtherance of the Joint Declaration on security cooperation and assistance that Presidents Duarte and Uribe signed in Bogota on March 7 (ref A),Vice-Presidents Castiglioni and Santos signed an Action Plan on security, in Bogota, on April 19. In the Action Plan, the GOP and GOC agree [...]	2005-05-03 12:17:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER MARR SNAR KCRM CO PA
05ASUNCION621	PARAGUAY: IMF MISSION BRIEFS AMBASSADOR [...] Summary: On May 3, the Ambassador received the visiting IMF team, here for the fifth review of Paraguays Standy-by Arrangement. The program remains on track quantitatively, but faces some continued delays on the structural reform front. The Mission Chief was not overly concerned since, in [...]	2005-05-06 11:35:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD PINR PA
05ASUNCION681	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, MAY 14-20 [...] (U) Summary: ------------------ -- Paraguay to import Venezuelan oil? -- Paraguay establishes relations with Bahrain -- Paraguay to repatriate 29 women from Argentina -- Additional drug busts in Paraguay Paraguay to import Venezuelan oil? ---------------------------------- 2. (U) On Ma [...]	2005-05-20 15:38:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR SNAR ETRD EPET KCRM VE PA GTIP
05BANGKOK7146	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Cpt. Siri SANTONG, 12th Signal Battalion, King's Guard, who has been sele [...]	2005-11-17 08:05:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING

05BOGOTA10055	VICE PRESIDENT SANTOS ELATED ABOUT REELECTION; [...] (C) Director of Andean Affairs Philip French and DCM Drucker called on Vice President Francisco Santos and MFA Acting Vice Minister for Bilateral Affairs Mauricio Gonzalez separately on October 19. Santos, speaking minutes after the announcement that the Constitutional Court approved reelecti [...]	2005-10-25 22:23:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM CO EC
05BOGOTA10231	URIBE'S PARTY CHIEF SAYS PRESIDENT NEEDS SOLID [...] (C) Juan Manuel Santos, President Uribe's hand-picked leader of the new Uribista political party ("Partido de la U"),told Polcouns October 28 it is imperative that Uribe win a solid working majority in March legislative elections. Only with an "ample and faithful" majority could Uribe pursue [...]	2005-11-01 13:29:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER VE CO ELN
05BOGOTA10232	CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS JUDGED TO BE IMPROVING [...] (U) Colombian government officials, academics, and international military speakers discussed civil-military interaction at an Embassy co-sponsored seminar on October 26. Vice Minister of Defense Andres Penate reported that the civilian-military relations were "mature" and improving under the [...]	2005-11-01 13:51:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MARR MOPS PHUM SNAR CO
05BOGOTA10392	VICE PRESIDENT ON "POST-CONFLICT"; PROMINENT [...] (C) Vice president Francisco Santos said at a restorative justice conference November 2 that Colombia's paramilitary demobilization process was a "post-conflict situation" requiring deft management if Colombia was to avoid "the problems of Central America or the Southern Cone" on crime and hu [...]	2005-11-04 15:09:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CO FARC AUC
05BOGOTA10565	BODY OF AFRO-COLOMBIAN LEADER ORLANDO VALENCIA [...] (C) On November 2, a senior government official informed the Embassy that the GOC had positively identified the body of kidnapped Afro-Colombian leader Orlando Valencia, discovered on October 24 after a nine-day search (reftel). The GOC continues to investigate the circumstances surrounding hi [...]	2005-11-09 13:42:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM CO
05BOGOTA10895	GOC REOPENS PEACE NEGOTIATION OPTION WITH ELN [...] (U) On November 13, in response to a letter from the guarantors group of the "Peace House" initiative with the ELN, Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo issued a call to the National Liberation Army's (ELN) Central Command leaders to begin negotiations with the government under the auspices [...]	2005-11-22 16:34:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV CO
05BOGOTA10949	ARMED CONFRONTATION IN VICINITY OF SAN JOSE DE [...] (C) On November 17 the Embassy received reports from the NGO Fellowship of Reconciliation that there had been an attack by the military on residents of the Peace Community of Arenas Altas, in the municipality of Apartado, Antioquia Department. The Arenas Altas Peace Community is near the Peac [...]	2005-11-23 18:51:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF CO
05BOGOTA10990	NATIONAL RECONCILIATION AND REPARATIONS [...] (C) National Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (CNRR) President Eduardo Pizarro Leongomez briefed Ambassador on November 10 on the commission's positive progress to date. Pizarro was highly encouraged by the support CNNR has received from the international community and the Catholic a [...]	2005-11-28 15:38:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
05BOGOTA11435	ELN-GOC TALKS HAVE SOME CHANCE OF SUCCESS [...] (C) Summary: The meeting between the GOC and the ELN in Cuba next week is the first formal encounter between them in almost four years and should be considered a breakthrough, but few are optimistic success will come easily. The talks will be exploratory with an open agenda, assisted by Norway [...]	2005-12-09 22:21:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CO
05BOGOTA11460	URIBE'S CAMPAIGN TEAM PREPARES TO LEAVE [...] (C) President Uribe's comunications advisor Jaime Bermudez said December 7 that Uribe advisor Fabio Echeverri would run the president's reelection campaign. He would be joined by Bermudez, Uribe private secretary Alicia Arango, spokesperson Ricardo Galan (all of whom would have to leave thei [...]	2005-12-12 17:29:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CO
05BOGOTA11959	MINI-DUBLIN GROUP MEETING HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 14, 2005, representatives from various European countries and the U.S. met to review the Group's annual report on Colombia and to solicit additional information from member countries. The report's main point is that eradication and interdiction numbers for Colombia [...]	2005-12-28 21:04:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL CO EC
05BOGOTA1296	PRESIDENT URIBE MEETS WITH USAID ADMINISTRATOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Uribe expressed his gratitude for U.S. support of Colombia during his February 3 meeting with USAID Administrator Natsios, before the opening of the International Donors Conference on Colombia in Cartagena. In a wide ranging discussion, Uribe reviewed outstanding human [...]	2005-02-09 18:41:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR EAID CO
05BOGOTA1306	URIBE OPENS CARTAGENA COORDINATION AND [...] Summary: On February 3 in Cartagena, President Uribe addressed representatives of 28 nations and multilateral organizations (still termed the G-24) at the day-long International Coordination and Cooperation Conference for Colombia. Uribe stated that Colombia is not in conflict, but rather a [...]	2005-02-09 21:53:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID PTER KJUS CO
05BOGOTA1604	PLAN COLOMBIA IMPLEMENTATION ROUND-UP, JANUARY, 2005 [...] (U) The following is an update of Plan Colombia-related activities reported during January, 2005. ---------- DOJ/ICITAP ---------- 2. (U) From January 25-28, the DOJ International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) and U.S. Secret Service (USSS) presented a Fina [...]	2005-02-18 19:48:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO
05BOGOTA1660	DEMOBILIZATION LAWS: COMPETING DRAFTS IN SPECIAL [...] (C) On February 9, the GOC formally presented to Congress its version of a law that would impose alternative sentences on members of illegal armed groups accused of serious crimes who demobilize and comply with specific conditions. A group of Colombian legislators led by Senator Rafael Pardo f [...]	2005-02-18 22:35:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PHUM PTER PINR PGOV CO
05BOGOTA1706	PEACE COMMISSIONER'S CONCERNS ABOUT DEMOBILIZATION [...] (C) Summary: On February 17, President Uribe rejected Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo's offer to resign and authorized him to suggest changes to the GOC's draft demobilization law. Restrepo explained to the Ambassador that he fears the current GOC draft law would discourage demobiliza [...]	2005-02-23 13:30:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM KJUS PREL PGOV CO
05BOGOTA1735	U/S GROSSMAN AND SENATOR PARDO DISCUSS LEGAL [...] (C) Summary: On February 14, visiting U/S Grossman and Ambassador discussed the status of draft demobilization legislation with Senator Rafael Pardo. U/S Grossman expressed the U.S. desire that any legislation be transparent, workable, and put the paramilitaries out of business. Pardo worr [...]	2005-02-23 19:53:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PTER CO
05BOGOTA2348	PBI REPRESENTATIVES CONFIRM PEACE COMMUNITY WILL [...] (C) On March 4, Embassy officials met with local representatives of Peace Brigades International (PBI),who described their visit to the massacre site of eight civilians in the Uraba region of Antioquia Department and confirmed that the "peace community" to which the victims belong will not co [...]	2005-03-10 22:06:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER CO
05BOGOTA2619	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PEACE COMMUNITY ABOUT URABA [...] (C) On March 16, Ambassador met with representatives of the peace community of San Jose de Apartado, who reiterated their statements that the February 21-22 massacre of eight civilians in the area was the work of the Army's 17th Brigade. Ambassador expressed condolences to the community and r [...]	2005-03-18 20:14:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER CO
05BOGOTA2674	GOC OFFICIALS DISCUSS URABA MASSACRE CASE [...] (C) During her March 6-9 visit to Bogota, WHA/AND Director Lisa Bobbie Schreiber Hughes (LBSH) met with Vice-President Francisco Santos and Elba Beatriz Silva, Director of the Fiscalia's Human Rights Unit, to discuss the need to show progress in resolving outstanding human rights cases, as well [...]	2005-03-22 21:19:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER CO
05BOGOTA3052	THE VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLES PROCESS IN COLOMBIA [...] Summary. On March 29, Vice President Santos hosted a meeting on the Voluntary Principles (VPs) process in Colombia. Present at the meeting were the Ambassador, members of the National Committee on Voluntary Principles, and representatives from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Presidenci [...]	2005-04-04 20:47:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ETRD PHUM PREL CO
05BOGOTA3842	DECLINING OFFICIALIST LIBERAL PARTY LIKELY TO PIN [...] (C) Summary: The Officialist Liberal Party (PLC),Colombia's largest and oldest, has been declining nationally. Several dozen Congressional "dissident" Liberals are set to leave the party and formalize a new political movement, likely to be called Apertura Liberal (Liberal Opening),which p [...]	2005-04-21 21:30:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CO
05BOGOTA3843	FISCALIA CONTINUES ITS INVESTIGATION INTO URABA [...] (C) On April 18, Poloffs met with Fiscalia Human Rights Unit prosecutor Nelson Casas, who is leading the investigation into the February 21 massacre in Uraba of eight individuals, including three members of the peace community of San Jose de Apartado. Casas told Poloffs that investigators hav [...]	2005-04-21 22:11:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER CO
05BOGOTA4563	COLOMBIAN IMPUNITY PROJECT SUCCESSES [...] (U) The following is a response to ref A requesting additional information on the Dutch-funded Anti-Impunity Project. The Project continues to achieve notable successes, including bringing high-profile human rights cases to conclusion. The Project strengthens Government efforts to tackle co [...]	2005-05-16 16:48:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS CO
05BOGOTA4962	COLOMBIA: UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: Louise Arbour, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, visited Colombia May 12-14 and briefed the diplomatic community mid-way through her trip, following meetings with senior GOC officials. Arbour and the GOC agreed to set a timetable by the end of June for the GOC to complete i [...]	2005-05-24 20:32:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CO UN
05BOGOTA5218	LANDMINE CONCERT RAISES AWARENESS AND MONEY [...] (U) On May 23, the Vice President's office of Landmine Coordination (Observatorio de Minas) and the United Nations Fund for Children (UNICEF) co-sponsored a fund-raising concert to benefit the University Hospital Rehabilitation Center in Bucaramanga, Santander Department. The performance was [...]	2005-05-31 21:49:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KHDP CO
05BOGOTA5497	PRESIDENT URIBE AND COLOMBIA FACE UNCHARTERED [...] (C) For the first time in Colombian history, the sitting President is a potential candidate for re-election. The political landscape is new for the President, the Congress and the public. The script is being written as they go and the disquiet has been evident everywhere. Over the last few [...]	2005-06-08 20:46:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CO
05BOGOTA6450	PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNING AND NEW LOW INCOME [...] (SBU) Summary. The national banking association,s (Asobancaria) annual conference served as an opportunity for presidential hopefuls to showcase their social agendas. The highlight of the conference was the announcement that banks would make over USD 430 million available in GOC-guaranteed [...]	2005-07-08 17:23:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON CO
05BOGOTA6682	VP SANTOS SEEKS ADVICE ON EXPLAINING JUSTICE AND [...] (C) Summary: On July 13, Vice President Francisco Santos sought Ambassador's advice on how to gain support for the Justice and Peace Law while not jeopardizing final AUC demobilizations. The Ambassador urged the GOC to show its seriousness, firmness, and procedural organization immediately. [...]	2005-07-18 14:47:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PTER PREL PGOV CO
05BOGOTA6889	COLOMBIA: JULY 2005 GALLUP POLL RESULTS [...] (U) The survey found that 71% of respondents feel safer today than they did a year ago, up seven percent (64%) from April 2005. Those disagreeing with the statement decreased from 31% in April to 26% in July. As such, a little over a third of Colombians (36%) feel that public order/security is [...]	2005-07-22 20:33:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OPRC PREL SNAR PGOV CO
05BOGOTA6914	SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL [...] (C) President Uribe and the Embassy welcome the visit of Undersecretary for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns with enthusiasm. Current hot topics include: --U.S. support in out years --Demobilization and reinsertion of almost 6,000 paramilitary terrorists and several thousand more expected [...]	2005-07-25 14:42:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SNAR PREL PGOV PHUM CO
05BOGOTA7621	CONGRESSMAN MEEKS MEETS WITH PRESIDENT URIBE, VICE [...] (C) Summary. Congressman Gregory Meeks (D-NY) met with President Uribe on August 5 toward the end of his seven day visit to Colombia which focused on the Afro-Colombian community and included stops in Bogota, Tumaco, Beunaventura, Cali, Choco and Cartagena (septel). Meeks told Uribe that the [...]	2005-08-11 18:26:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL CO CODEL
05BOGOTA7727	COLOMBIA WANTS IRISH THREE BACK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Colombian Foreign Ministry officials say they are in the process of requesting that Ireland extradite three Irish citizens convicted of aiding Colombia's Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas. GOC officials have stressed that, although Ireland does not have an [...]	2005-08-16 19:34:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PTER PREL EI CO UN FARC
05BOGOTA8183	URIBE CALLS TO RESOLVE CASES INVOLVING COLOMBIA'S [...] (U) President Uribe called on Colombia's judicial system to resolve a number of high profile cases involving the country's public forces during a townhall meeting in Cartagena August 27. BEGIN SPEECH EXCERPTS: "I was talking to Attorney General Iguarn yesterday and I told him: `Attorney G [...]	2005-08-30 19:07:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OPRC PREL SNAR PGOV CO
05BOGOTA8290	OAS'S INSULZA AND RIO GROUP SUPPORT DEMOBILIZATION [...] (U) Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza defended the paramilitary demobilization process during his first visit to Colombia on August 29-30. Insulza met with President Alvaro Uribe, Vice President Francisco Santos, the High Commissioner for Peace Luis C [...]	2005-09-01 21:53:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID OVIP SNAR CO
05BOGOTA8454	FOREIGN MINISTER BARCO AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS [...] (C) Ambassador Wood thanked Foreign Minister Carolina Barco September 7 for the GOC's offers of assistance in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Barco said the GOC could send its 30 disaster relief experts and nutritional powder immediately and is standing by for further instructions from the U. [...]	2005-09-08 17:48:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID PTER ECON ETRD EAGR KCRM KJUS CO EI
05BOGOTA8550	COLOMBIAN PROSECUTOR BEGINS TO IMPLEMENT JUSTICE [...] (C) The GOC has taken important steps to implement the Justice and Peace (J&P) law, but much more needs to be done. The most significant steps so far include the naming of J&P Specialized Unit Chief Luis Gonzalez in the Prosecutor's Office (Fiscalia) and the creation of the National Reconcilia [...]	2005-09-12 17:30:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PTER PREL PGOV CO
05BOGOTA8602	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH UNHCHR MICHAEL FRUHLING [...] (C) Summary: On September 8, the Ambassador met with United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) Director in Colombia Michael Fruhling and his deputy, Amerigo Incalcaterra. Fruhling raised several concerns about the implementation of the Law on Justice and Peace, and about huma [...]	2005-09-13 21:08:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PREL PTER CO
05BOGOTA8695	DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PRO-URIBE POLITICAL PARTIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Four center-right political parties -- Radical Change, National Unity, Democratic Colombia, and the Conservatives -- are vying to be the lead vehicle for President Uribe's reelection drive. While all are viable electorally, the continued existence of National Unity and Democr [...]	2005-09-15 14:26:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CO
05BOGOTA8816	IRISH THREE EXTRADITION REQUEST SUBMITTED [...] (U) North Irish Democratic Unionist Party Member of Parliament Jeffery Donaldson visited Colombia the week of September 5 to investigate allegations against the "Irish Three" (Niall Connolly, Martin McCauley, and James Monaghan) and speak with Colombian officials. Three members of "FAIR" (Fam [...]	2005-09-19 17:08:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR MOPS PHUM SNAR CO
05BOGOTA9087	NATIONAL RECONCILIATION COMMISSION GETS UNDERWAY [...] (U) Colombia's Justice and Peace (J&P) Law, created to process demobilizing illegal armed fighters and compensate victims, directed the GOC to create an institution to manage the National Reconciliation and Reparations Fund. Vice President Francisco Santos structured the National Reconciliati [...]	2005-09-23 22:02:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM SOCI CO
05BOGOTA9276	PLAN COLOMBIA MONTHLY HIGHLIGHTS - AUGUST [...] (U) The following is an update of Plan Colombia activities reported during August 2005. --------------------------------------------- ------- DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE/JUDICIAL SECTOR REFORM PROGRAM --------------------------------------------- ------- 2. (U) The Department of Justice Judicia [...]	2005-09-29 21:45:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO FARC
05BOGOTA9294	COLOMBIA COMPLIES WITH 2005 IACHR RECOMMENDATION; [...] The Colombian Government formally accepted responsibility September 29 for the 1989 murder of 12 members of a GOC judicial commission at La Rochela by paramilitary forces, working in collaboration with elements of the GOC military. The Colombian Government's acceptance of responsibility on be [...]	2005-09-30 15:05:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV MARR CO
05BOGOTA9440	JUSTICE AND PEACE UNIT OPENS FOR BUSINESS [...] (C) Justice and Peace (J&P) Specialized Unit Chief Luis Gonzalez in the Prosecutor's Office (Fiscalia) told Emboffs September 27 that the unit would be open for business the week of October 3. Gonzalez will have 8 of 20 prosecutors available on October 3; he hopes to appoint remaining members [...]	2005-10-04 19:40:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PTER PREL PGOV CO
05BOGOTA9963	KIDNAPPING OF ORLANDO VALENCIA RECEIVES WIDE [...] (U) Post learned from NGO sources that Afro-Colombian leader Orlando Valencia was reportedly kidnapped on Saturday, October 15. Post has raised Valencia's case at all levels of the GOC to press for quick action to ensure his safety. End summary. --------------------------------- Initial N [...]	2005-10-21 21:41:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS CVIS CO
05BRASILIA100	"O ESTADO DE SAO PAULO" ARTICLE ON THE ARREST OF [...] The December 24 "O Estado de Sao Paulo" article set forth in paragraph 2 (below) describes the arrest by the GoB Federal Police of Julio Law -- the brother of notorious pirated goods trafficker Law Kin Chong. Federal Police sources have told Mission officers that as of January 11, Julio Law r [...]	2005-01-11 13:35:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR KCRM PGOV ECON BR
05BRASILIA1118	BRAZIL MOVING FORWARD WITH PUBLIC-PRIVATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The GoB is close to launching an inter- agency review of its first two Public-Private Partnership (PPP) proposals for major infrastructure investments, according to Ministry of Planning Chief Economic Advisor Antonio Alves and special PPP coordinator Mauricio Ribeiro. These pro [...]	2005-04-26 19:40:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON PGOV EFIN BR
05BRASILIA1168	BRAZIL MOVING FORWARD WITH PUBLIC-PRIVATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The GoB is close to launching an inter- agency review of its first two Public-Private Partnership (PPP) proposals for major infrastructure investments, according to Ministry of Planning Chief Economic Advisor Antonio Alves and special PPP coordinator Mauricio Ribeiro. These pro [...]	2005-05-03 15:39:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON PGOV EFIN BR
05BRASILIA1229	ARAB-SOUTH AMERICAN SUMMIT: MISSING HEADS OF STATE [...] (U) On the eve of the Arab-South America Summit in Brasilia, one key point of contention is preventing consensus on the long-running negotiation over a Summit Declaration, according to the local press. On Sunday May 8, senior representatives from the Palestinian Authority and Lebanon, with [...]	2005-05-10 12:51:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD XR XF
05BRASILIA1503	BRAZIL: THE ENERGY MINISTRY'S INTERNATIONAL AGENDA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a May 27 meeting, the Special Advisor to the Brazilian Minister of Mines and Energy, Rubem Barbosa, spoke to Brasilia EconOffs regarding some of the issues on the ministry's international agenda. Barbosa voiced both concern and a "wait and see" attitude about the impact that [...]	2005-06-03 16:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV ECON PGOV BR
05BRASILIA1686	BRAZIL'S SUPPLY OF ELECTRICITY SUFFICIENT FOR NOW, BUT [...] (U) Summary: Brazil's electricity generation and transmission network continues to be strong and has been able to weather recent troubles stemming from both politics and nature. Despite a continuing drought in southern Brazil, the turmoil in Bolivia that threatens natural gas supplies to Bra [...]	2005-06-24 12:15:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV
05BRASILIA187	JOSE DIRCEU - LULA'S WING-MAN GETS BACK ON TRACK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Jose Dirceu is Chief of Staff and most trusted advisor to Brazilian President Lula da Silva. Dirceu's legendary, if peculiar, biography is a window on Brazil's recent history. His machiavellian political skills and decades of fierce loyalty to Lula and the Workers' Party (PT) [...]	2005-01-21 13:35:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON PREL SOCI BR
05BRASILIA1974	SCENESETTER CABLE FOR VISIT OF SECRETARY SNOW [...] (U) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your visit to Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro, and Vitoria (Espirito Santo) July 31-August 3. We are currently working with your staff on the logistical arrangements for your travel. In Brasilia, we have confirmed meetings for you with Presid [...]	2005-07-22 20:12:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN OVIP ETRD
05BRASILIA2082	BRAZIL: CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEK OF 1-5 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Hearings on the corruption scandals (refs) in the Brazilian government continued this week, as Congressman Jose Dirceu, President Lula da Silva's former Chief of Staff and closest advisor, testified on 2 August before the Chamber's Ethics Committee. Dirceu categorically denied [...]	2005-08-05 18:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON BR
05BRASILIA2133	BRAZIL - OPIC PROPOSED LOAN TO PORT SECURITY INTL [...] Post has no objection to OPIC's proposed loan to Port Security International, LLC (PSI) in support of the installation and operation by that firm of scanning equipment at three ports in Brazil (Itajai, Sao Francisco do Sul, and Paranagua). The Foreign Commercial Service Office in Brasilia doe [...]	2005-08-11 16:43:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN EWWT OPIC
05BRASILIA2145	SECRETARY SNOW'S MEETINGS WITH FINANCE MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Secretary Snow met separately with Central Bank President Meirelles and Finance Minister Palocci August 1 in Brasilia for broad discussions of Brazil's current economic performance. Meirelles and Palocci both argued that Brazil's stellar economic performance, with a current accoun [...]	2005-08-12 14:31:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON
05BRASILIA2146	SECRETARY SNOW'S AUGUST 1-3 MEETINGS IN BRAZIL - [...] (C) Summary: During his bilateral meetings in Brasilia and the Group for Growth (GfG) session in Rio de Janeiro, U.S. Treasury Secretary Snow emphasized the importance of trade liberalization to increasing productivity and economic growth. Brazilian and U.S. businesses which participated in [...]	2005-08-12 14:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD ECON PREL BR
05BRASILIA2150	BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEK OF 8-12 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In one of the most dramatic moments thus far in the continuing corruption scandals (refs a-f) plaguing the Brazilian government, President Lula da Silva's 2002 campaign publicity coordinator Duda Mendonca stated on 12 August before the Postal Service CPI that the Workers' Party [...]	2005-08-12 17:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET	PGOV PREL ECON BR
05BRASILIA2242	More on Corruption Allegations Against FinMin [...] (U) Summary and Introduction. Over the August 20-21 weekend, the surprise August 19 corruption allegations (reftel) leveled at Finance Minister Palocci continued to reverberate through the Brazilian body politic. In an August 21 press conference, Palocci emphatically denied the charges made [...]	2005-08-22 14:22:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EFIN
05BRASILIA2282	BRAZIL: A/S DESUTTER'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (U) INTRODUCTION. Assistant Secretary for Verification and Compliance Paula A. DeSutter met on 15 August with Foreign Ministry Officials for compliance diplomacy discussions, led on the Brazilian side by Ambassador Antonio Guerreiro, Assistant Secretary of International Organization Affairs (in [...]	2005-08-24 19:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC KNNP PARM PREL BR CWC
05BRASILIA2305	BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEK OF 22-26 [...] (U) SUMMARY. During the week of 22-26 August, the ongoing, scandal-driven political crisis shaking the Lula da Silva government and PT party (refs) was augmented by the new corruption allegations against Finance Minister Antonio Palocci (refs I and J). Political reactions to Palocci's 21 Aug [...]	2005-08-29 11:52:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON BR
05BRASILIA2348	BRAZIL - CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEK OF 29 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A joint report by the two lead congressional committees investigating Brazil's interlocking corruption scandals (refs) this week recommended the expulsion from Brazil's congress of 17 legislators on suspicion of taking bribes for votes from a PT party affiliated money man, and a [...]	2005-09-02 20:49:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON BR
05BRASILIA2367	CHINESE ECONOMIC INVOLVEMENT IN BRAZIL -- LARGELY [...] (SBU) Summary: China's involvement in Brazil's economy primarily is trade-driven. Despite the fanfare and the billion dollar-price-tag investment projects trumpeted during President Hu Jintao's November 11, 2004 visit to Brazil, Chinese investment remains a tiny fraction of FDI in Brazil. By [...]	2005-09-08 18:50:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL ETRD EINV EAGR PHUM
05BRASILIA2457	BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEK OF 12-16 [...] (C) INTRODUCTION. In two important developments this week in the continuing political scandals affecting Brazil's congress, President Lula da Silva's administration and the PT party (refs),Brazil's Chamber of Deputies (lower house) formally expelled Federal Deputy Roberto Jefferson, whose a [...]	2005-09-16 18:37:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON BR
05BRASILIA2599	MPA RECOMMENDS TERMINATION OF BRAZIL'S GSP [...] (SBU) Summary. According to a Business Software Alliance representative, the International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) will likely communicate to USTR on Monday October 3 the action it recommends taking on Brazil's GSP Review. In a written submission to IIPA, the Motion Picture Asso [...]	2005-09-29 17:56:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD IPR
05BRASILIA2672	BRAZIL AND USG SIGN MARITIME TRANSPORT AGREEMENT [...] Summary. On September 30, after several years of negotiation, Brazil and the USG signed a Maritime Transport Agreement in Washington, DC. The agreement still must be ratified by the Brazilian Congress, which we do not anticipate will happen in the near-term. The signing was, nevertheless, o [...]	2005-10-06 18:52:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ETRD PHSA PREL ASEC
05BRASILIA2687	BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE: WEEK OF 3-7 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-07 19:29:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BR
05BRASILIA2758	BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEK OF 10-14 [...] (U) SUMMARY. On October 12, the Brazilian Civilian Police found the body of Carlos Delmonte Printes, the medical examiner who initially determined that Santo Andre's PT Mayor Celso Daniel had been tortured before being shot dead in early 2002. Printes' death marked the seventh among persons [...]	2005-10-14 20:01:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON BR
05BRASILIA2774	VISITING TEAM FROM THE OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER [...] (SBU) Summary. The week of September 28 Robert J. Scavotto, Senior International Economic Advisor in the Comptroller of the Currency's International Banking and Finance unit and Oliver Taft, Financial Economist in the same office, visited Brazil to meet with a variety of government officials a [...]	2005-10-18 17:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV
05BRASILIA2798	BRAZIL'S RESPONSE TO U.S. PROPOSALS TO ENABLE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche October 18 to Acting Director Jandyr Santos of the Foreign Ministry's Disarmament Division. Calling the briefing very timely given the ongoing Nuclear Supplier's Group (NSG) meeting in Vienna -- where Division Director Santiago Mourao is heading the Brazil [...]	2005-10-19 18:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP BR IN
05BRASILIA2813	SURVEY OF BRAZIL'S EFFORTS TO COMBAT PIRACY [...] (U) Introduction. Under pressure from the USG's review of trade benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) (ref A) and in response to domestic concerns about organized crime, tax losses, and risks for consumers associated with illegitimate products, the GoB has over the last on [...]	2005-10-21 13:41:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON
05BRASILIA2902	BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEK OF 24-28 [...] SUMMARY. The Lula government's hopes that the political crisis of the past five months will abate before the onset of next year's campaign season were dampened by the week's events, which suggest scandal investigations will roil on for the foreseeable future. Delays in the final judgment on [...]	2005-10-28 19:08:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON BR
05BRASILIA3001	BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEK OF 07-11 [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION. There have been a number of developments in different venues this week. Overall, the various corruption scandals are merging into an increasingly contentious, across-the-board struggle between the Lula government and its opposition in the run-up to next year's general elect [...]	2005-11-10 17:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON BR
05BRASILIA3051	BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEK OF 14-18 [...] INTRODUCTION. On Monday, November 14, the political crisis that has engulfed the Lula administration and hindered the work of the Brazilian Congress reached the six-month mark. From the day a Postal Service employee was caught receiving bribes in the name of a federal deputy, various corrup [...]	2005-11-18 19:02:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON BR
05BRASILIA3150	BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEK OF 28 [...] (C) Summary: On the evening of 30 November the Brazilian congress's Chamber of Deputies (lower house) voted to "cassar" (ban from office or impeach) congressman Jose Dirceu -- until a few months ago, arguably the most powerful minister in President Lula da Silva's government and the main lead [...]	2005-12-01 19:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON BR
05BRASILIA3216	BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEK OF 05-09 [...] SUMMARY. This was a quiet week in investigations of the scandals in the GOB and PT party (refs). Congressional investigation committees (CPIs) probed allegations of irregular payments by the PT to a textile firm owned by Vice President Alencar, but did not link these charges to the broad fin [...]	2005-12-09 10:33:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON BR
05BRASILIA387	BRAZILIAN CONGRESS CHOOSES DARK HORSE AS NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a surprising and potentially serious setback for the Lula administration, the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies (lower house) on February 14 chose dark horse Federal Deputy Severino Cavalcanti (Progressive Party -'PP') to be its next Speaker. Cavalcanti took over immediately an [...]	2005-02-16 09:07:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV BR
05BRASILIA61	BRAZIL 2004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Following is Brazil's 2004-2005 INCSR. As requested in reftel, the money laundering portion of the INCSR will be submitted separately. BRAZIL ---------- I. SUMMARY ---------- 2. The principal event of 2004 in Brazil's anti-narcotics effort was the long awaited implementation of a s [...]	2005-01-06 13:43:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EFIN KSEP BR NAS
05BRASILIA770	BRAZIL: CENTRAL BANK ON BANCO SANTOS CASE [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met Central Bank President Henrique Meirelles March 17 to advocate on behalf of American creditors to Banco Santos, a Brazilian bank that has been under Central Bank intervention since November 2004 (reftel). The Ambassador relayed the desire of U.S. creditor banks, which [...]	2005-03-22 11:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAGR ECON PREL BR
05BRASILIA785	ALLEGATIONS OF FARC FUNDING TO LULA'S ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY. In recent issues, Brazilian weekly newsmagazine VEJA ran stories outlining an alleged plan by Colombia's FARC to funnel US$5 million to the 2002 election campaign of Brazilian President Lula da Silva and his Workers' Party (PT). While the timing and sourcing of the VEJA stories [...]	2005-03-22 22:01:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR BR
05BRASILIA825	BRAZIL - COORDINATION AND OUTREACH ON MARITIME [...] Maritime security issues are handled primarily by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Attache in Brasilia, Julio Velez. Maritime security issues are coordinated with the Economic Section, the Foreign Commercial Service (FCS),and the Defense Atta [...]	2005-03-29 11:36:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ECON ETRD KSTC PARM PHSA PREL PTER ASEC BR
05CARACAS160	CHAVEZ'S LAND REFORM JUGGERNAUT [...] (C) Summary: President Hugo Chavez signed a decree to "Reorganize the Use and Tenure of Agricultural Land" before thousands of cheering supporters January 10. Prior to the decree, several governors issued decrees to register property or otherwise assist the land reform process. The Nationa [...]	2005-01-18 20:30:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EAGR KDEM VE ENV
05CHENNAI1582	MAOIST SCARE FORCES FIVE AP MINISTERS TO QUIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Revealing the muscle of the Maoists in the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh (AP),five ministers of the Telangana Rashtra Samithy (TRS) quit the Congress-led state government on July 4. Their decision, ostensibly to press the Congress to expedite the formation of a separate s [...]	2005-07-07 10:45:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PTER IN
05GENEVA2372	MEETING WITH COLOMBIAN VICE PRESIDENT FRANCISCO [...] (C) Colombia VP Santos shared September 23 with Ambassador Moley his concerns about the growing UN presence in Colombia and his hopes for drastic changes in the mandate of the OHCHR field office there. Santos stressed the need for cooperation but not interference from the UN agencies. He no [...]	2005-10-03 10:43:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF CO UNHRC
05GEORGETOWN1202	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL - GEORGETOWN- [...] Post requests and welcomes Kurt Low, Program Officer with Top Secret Level 3 security clearance, from USAID/Dominican Republic, SIPDIS o/a 11/16/2005 to o/a 11/18/2005, to provide program support to USAID/Guyana during the portfolio review exercise and grants country clearance to this effe [...]	2005-11-15 15:44:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID OVIP AMGT ASEC
05GEORGETOWN1203	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL - GEORGETOWN- [...] Post requests and welcomes Michael Donald, Regional Environmental Advisor with Top Secret Clearance, from USAID/Dominican Republic, o/a 11/27/2005 to o/a 11/30/2005, to assist with Regulation 216 environmental compliance assistance and grants country clearance. 2. Hotel reservation is co [...]	2005-11-15 15:45:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID OVIP AMGT ASEC
05GEORGETOWN1273	President's Economic Vision for Guyana [...] At a December 1 speech to the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce, President Jagdeo threw away his speech and instead spelled out, unscripted, his economic vision for Guyana's future. His remarks highlight a strategy for Guyana's infrastructure, macroeconomic policy, and growth sectors. ------- [...]	2005-12-06 12:46:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON BTIO PGOV EAGR EFIN ENRG GY
05GUATEMALA2653	CONTRABAND, CUSTOMS REFORM AND THE INFORMAL ECONOMY [...] (C) Contraband poses an ongoing threat to Guatemala's economic development, undermining growth in the formal sector and diminishing the government's ability to collect taxes. The potential nexus with organized crime, human and drug smuggling, along with the incentive to corrupt and undermine [...]	2005-11-22 22:06:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN BEXP ETTC KCOR KCRM KIPR PGOV PM PINR ASEC SNAR GT
05KINGSTON1062	REMITANCES REMAIN A STABLE SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR [...] (U) A steadily increasing number of Jamaican breadwinners no longer live in Jamaica, choosing instead to work overseas and support extended families through payments wired home from abroad. Remittances sent by overseas Jamaican workers remained the most prominent source of external funding fo [...]	2005-04-18 15:11:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON1100	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: APRIL 1-21, 2005 [...] This week's topics: -- Golding Wins By-Election in Peaceful Day of Voting -- Violence in West Kingston Follows Golding Election -- Phillips Steps Up Crime-Fighting Measures -- Tourism Industry Resists Government Price Hikes -- Unions Seek Increased Benefits for Sugar Workers -- Chinese Rai [...]	2005-04-22 21:06:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON JM KCOR KCRM EINV EAID ELAB
05KINGSTON1197	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: APR 22 - MAY 6, 2005 [...] This week's topics: -- Police Under Attack from Kingston Gunmen -- Latest Crime Statistics -- Prime Minister Rolls Out the Goodies -- PNP Sources Report Concerns of a Party Divided -- Mexican President Fox Visits Jamaica -- Air Jamaica Settles Labor Dispute ----------------------------- [...]	2005-05-06 20:58:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV JM SNAR KCOR KCRM ELAB
05KINGSTON1256	GOJ PROPOSES BALANCED BUDGET FOR 2005/06 [...] (SBU) Finance and Planning Minister Omar Davies proposed Jamaica's 2005/06 fiscal budget on April 14, 2005. The budget, which is formulated within a medium term program aimed at eliminating the fiscal deficit, increasing growth and reducing the debt to GDP ratio, is forecast at USD 5.7 billi [...]	2005-05-12 20:30:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON1257	2005 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] Embassy Kingston is aware of one investment dispute between a U.S. citizen/entity and the GOJ. This dispute was first described in ref B, was updated in refs C and D, and was included in the 2004 Report on Investment Disputes. 2. Post was last contacted by Claimant via his lawyer in June [...]	2005-05-12 20:33:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	KIDE EINV ECON CASC EFIN PGOV JM OPIC
05KINGSTON1318	SPIRITS HIGH WITH ARRIVAL OF LOW COST CARRIER [...] On May 19, Emboffs attended an Airports Authority of Jamaica press conference announcing the planned launch of scheduled flights between the United States and Jamaica by Spirit Airlines, Inc. (ref A) Prior to the official start of the conference, Emboffs spoke with Guillermo "Bill" de la Torr [...]	2005-05-20 20:04:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR JM
05KINGSTON1319	PRICES REMAIN HIGH IN JAMAICA [...] Inflation, as measured by the consumer price index, rose by 13.2 percent for the Jamaican fiscal year 2004/05 (April - March). While this was below the 16.8 percent recorded for the comparative period, it outpaced the original target of nine percent. Inflationary impulses were fed by a prol [...]	2005-05-20 20:06:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON1327	STATUS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IN JAMAICA [...] (U) The issue of intellectual property rights (IPR) continues to be a challenge for the GOJ. Following the announcement that Jamaica has been retained on the Special 301 watch list and expressions of concern from members of the business community, Econoff met with the Jamaica Intellectual Pro [...]	2005-05-24 17:22:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD JM EIPR
05KINGSTON1405	GOJ ISSUES NEW GLOBAL BOND [...] The GOJ issued a ten-year eurobond amounting to USD 300 million with a coupon of nine percent per year on May 25. This has given the GOJ 60 percent of the USD 500 million it expected to raise on the external capital market this fiscal year. The bond for which Bear Stearns was the lead brok [...]	2005-06-02 14:57:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON1406	JAMAICAN ECONOMIC GROWTH REMAINS SLUGGISH [...] Summary: Data published by the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) in May 2005 showed that the economy continued to suffer from the residual effects of Hurricane Ivan as well as prolonged drought conditions. The unfavorable weather conditions stymied agricultural production, fueling an incre [...]	2005-06-02 14:58:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON1440	WCO FRAMEWORK OF STANDARDS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-06 17:58:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL JM CTM
05KINGSTON1446	INTEREST RATE DEBATE HEATS UP IN JAMAICA [...] Summary: Credit starved Jamaican businesses are arguing with commercial banks about the high interest rate regime following the reduction of interest rates on Bank of Jamaica open market instruments, which are at their lowest levels in over a decade. Commercial banks' unwillingness to reduce [...]	2005-06-06 20:45:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN JM

05KINGSTON1534	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: MAY 7 - JUNE 16, 2005 [...] This week's topics: -- TIP: GOJ Responding to Threat of Sanctions -- Foreign Carriers Yield After Call Blocking Crisis -- Mayor of Spanish Town Resigns Following Arrest -- Seaga Offers Advice on his 75th Birthday -- Crime Statistics - Count Them Yourself -- Tax Laws to Fight Crime -- Prime [...]	2005-06-17 19:11:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV JM SNAR KCOR KCRM ELAB CASC TIP
05KINGSTON1652	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: JUNE 17-30, 2005 [...] This week's topics: -- Poll Shows Davies Gaining Ground -- Six Closer to Extradition to U.S. -- JCF Recruits Abroad as Crime Soars -- Jamaica to Launch Copyright Campaign -- Trade Deficit Deteriorates -- Jamaica and China Sign Bauxite Agreement -- Thailand Views Jamaica As Possible Hub - [...]	2005-07-05 11:29:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV JM KCRM CASC EAGR
05KINGSTON1734	USAID/OFDA Hurricane Dennis Situation Report 1 [...] Weather conditions are improving in most parts of Jamaica from the passage of Hurricane Dennis on July 7, 2005. The Government of Jamaica's Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) is compiling damage reports from community disaster committees in the Parishes. So far [...]	2005-07-14 16:29:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	BF ECON EINV
05KINGSTON1757	JAMAICA STRENGTHENS ECONOMIC TIES WITH CHINA [...] Summary: Recognizing China's emergence as an economic powerhouse and the attendant benefits to be derived, the GOJ led by Prime Minister PJ Patterson has moved to forge closer and stronger ties with the Government of China. The fledgling economic relationship between both countries received a [...]	2005-07-18 20:32:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON1758	BUSINESS CONFIDENCE REMAINS STRONG [...] Buoyed by improved economic performance and favorable financial prospects for individual firms, Jamaican business confidence remained strong during April to June 2005. In fact, business confidence during the first two quarters of 2005 was higher than at any other time in the four-year histo [...]	2005-07-18 20:33:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON176	INVESTMENT CLIMATE - JAMAICA 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-21 13:08:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	JM NOTAG
05KINGSTON1802	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: JULY 1-21, 2005 [...] This week's topics: -- Hurricanes Cause More Damage in Jamaica -- Government Leads Opposition in National Poll -- Police Raids Target Trafficking Victims -- Murder Leading Cause of Death in Males -- Jamaica Opens Embassy in Beijing -- President of Ghana Visits Jamaica -- Tranquility Bay Ru [...]	2005-07-22 20:15:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV KCRM CASC JM UNGA TIP
05KINGSTON188	INVESTMENT CLIMATE - JAMAICA 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-21 20:11:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD EIND EAGR EMIN KTDB JM
05KINGSTON1905	IMF GIVES JAMAICA PASSING MARK [...] (SBU) Summary: The IMF Interim Staff Report, issued on June 23, gave the GOJ high marks for stabilizing the economy following the macroeconomic challenges of 2003. By expressing broad agreement with the country's economic policies, the report could have boosted public confidence in Finance Minister [...]	2005-08-10 13:41:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON1919	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: JULY 22 - AUGUST 12, [...] This week's topics: -- U.S. Trafficking Report a Wake-Up Call, Says PM -- Two More Officers Charged in Crawle Case -- Six Police Officers Charged in Flankers Case -- Murder Rate Continues to Soar -- Jamaica to Miss Inflation Targets -- Tourism Bookings Tumble -- Hurricane Damage Near USD 3 [...]	2005-08-12 18:30:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV KCRM PHUM JM TIP
05KINGSTON2052	HURRICANES STALL ECONOMIC PROGRESS IN JAMAICA [...] Summary: Data published on August 15 by the Planning Institute of Jamaica showed that economic growth, for April to June 2005, continued to suffer from the lagged effects of Hurricane Ivan and drought conditions. The adverse weather conditions wreaked havoc on the country's already ravaged [...]	2005-08-31 17:17:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON2053	SOARING INFLATION THREATENS JAMAICA'S MACRO- [...] Summary: Less than two months after the IMF gave Jamaica high marks for stabilizing the economy, spiraling inflation is again threatening macroeconomic stability. Inflation, which reached almost 14 percent last year and has already jumped to 7.4 percent for the first four months of the fisca [...]	2005-08-31 17:19:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON2163	TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: UPDATED STATISTICS [...] This cable responds to ref A tasking. ---------- Background ---------- 2. Textiles and apparel became Jamaica's leading non- traditional export during the early 1990s, after Jamaica started benefiting from the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI). The benefits from this U.S. program allow [...]	2005-09-15 16:15:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EINV XL JM
05KINGSTON2166	TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: UPDATED STATISTICS [...] This cable responds to ref A tasking. ---------- Background ---------- 2. Textiles and apparel became Jamaica's leading non- traditional export during the early 1990s, after Jamaica started benefiting from the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI). The benefits from this U.S. program allow [...]	2005-09-15 18:48:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EINV XL JM
05KINGSTON2332	USITC BIENNIAL CARIBBEAN BASIN INVESTMENT SURVEY [...] (U) The U.S. continues to be Jamaica's largest trading partner, accounting for 40 percent of all merchandise trade with the island between 2002 and 2004. Although Jamaica's share of trade with the U.S. has stabilized, the island's balance of trade (exports minus imports) with the U.S. has con [...]	2005-10-13 20:12:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ECON ETRD OTRA XL JM
05KINGSTON2333	USITC BIENNIAL CARIBBEAN BASIN INVESTMENT SURVEY [...] (U) The U.S. continues to be Jamaica's largest trading partner, accounting for 40 percent of all merchandise trade with the island between 2002 and 2004. Although Jamaica's share of trade with the U.S. has stabilized, the island's balance of trade (exports minus imports) with the U.S. has con [...]	2005-10-13 20:12:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ECON ETRD OTRA XL JM
05KINGSTON2359	GOJ'S FISCAL PROGRAM OFF TRACK [...] (SBU) Summary: Data released by the Ministry of Finance on September 30 showed that the GOJ's fiscal deficit of USD 290 million continued to run ahead of the GOJ'S target of USD 270 million. The deficit overrun was primarily due to lackluster revenue generation, reflecting a slump in consump [...]	2005-10-19 17:32:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON2450	PRIVY COUNCIL RULES AGAINST PROMINENT FORMER [...] Summary: Don Crawford, former head of the failed Century National Bank, has lost his appeal to the Privy Council following a 1999 conviction in civil court for financial fraud and has been instructed to repay about USD 45 million to the GOJ. Although the Director of Public Prosecutions has [...]	2005-10-28 19:31:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON2475	JAMAICAN BUSINESS CONFIDENCE PLUNGES [...] Summary: Data published by the Jamaica Conference Board on October 12 revealed that business confidence for the September quarter plunged to its lowest level since the second quarter of 2003. High levels of pessimism about the country's economic prospects underlined the significant decline [...]	2005-11-02 12:15:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON2495	PETROCARIBE: PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR CONCERNS [...] (SBU) Under the bilateral agreement signed between Jamaica and Venezuela on August 23 (ref A),Jamaica receives 21,000 barrels of petroleum products and crude oil daily. While the island pays market price for the products, a portion of the payment can be converted into a concessionary loan for [...]	2005-11-03 20:26:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON PREL JM
05KINGSTON2497	JAMAICAN CURRENCY UNDER PRESSURE [...] (U) Summary: The Jamaican dollar is facing its biggest test following a prolonged period of stability dating back to early 2003. Foreign exchange market instability emerged during September 2005, prompting the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) to institute new measures aimed at identifying and blacklis [...]	2005-11-03 20:28:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON2651	JAMAICAN ECONOMY STAGES MILD RECOVERY BETWEEN [...] Summary: Data released by the Planning Institute of Jamaica on November 15 showed that the Jamaican economy staged a mild recovery during July to September 2005. Output expanded by an estimated 2.7 percent due to the gradual normalization of some sectors of the economy following the impact o [...]	2005-12-06 16:04:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON2682	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: NOVEMBER 26 - DECEMBER [...] This week's topics: -- JLP Holds Annual Conference -- Poverty Cut in Half -- GOJ Increases Social Benefits -- Brazilians to Invest in Sugar Industry -- Chinese Government to Finance Mega Projects -- Tourist Arrivals to Surge -- Police Officers on Trial -- Crime Statistic [...]	2005-12-09 19:08:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
05KINGSTON2784	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: DECEMBER 10 - DECEMBER [...] This week's topics: -- Police Officers on Trial for Murder -- Telecommunications Company Goes Belly-up -- Electricity Thieves Cost Power Company -- Cricket World Cup -- Bauxite Industry Labor Issues -- Weak Christmas Retail Season -- Egg Farmers Seek Duty Protection -- E [...]	2005-12-23 19:29:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
05KINGSTON379	Jamaican Consumers Optimistic About Economy [...] Summary: Buoyed by expectations of a rebound in economic growth following Hurricane Ivan, consumer confidence surged from October to December 2004. Consumers are anticipating higher incomes and remittances, but still expect spending plans to stagnate. Conversely, business confidence decline [...]	2005-02-11 14:29:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON390	Jamaican Interest Rates Plunge [...] The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) has reduced interest rates on all its open market instruments effective February 7, 2005. While this reduction is the first for 2005, it represents the twelfth such decline in just over a year. Interest rates have moved from 21 percent in November 2003 to the curre [...]	2005-02-11 21:11:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON398	GOJ Raises National Minimum Wage [...] After months of deliberation, the GOJ has raised the national minimum wage by 20 percent, the highest increase since 2001. The adjustment, which took effect on January 31, will see affected workers taking home the equivalent of at least USD 40 per week, up from USD 33. With inflation for 20 [...]	2005-02-14 16:13:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON425	JAMAICA'S TRADE DEFICIT DECLINED FROM JANUARY TO [...] In mid-February 2005, the GOJ released an official statement of the trade deficit numbers for October 2004. Such data is typically released four to five months after the reporting period. 2. Despite the economic impact of Hurricane Ivan in September 2004, Jamaica's merchandise trade defici [...]	2005-02-16 18:18:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON613	JAMAICAN ECONOMY DIPS IN FOURTH QUARTER OF 2004 [...] Summary: Data published by the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) in February 2005 showed that Hurricane Ivan dealt a serious blow to economic performance. Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) dropped by 1.8 percent as agriculture continued to suffer from the effects of the hurricane. The r [...]	2005-03-04 19:14:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON623	GOJ, IOM, AND UNHCR AGREE MOST HAITIAN MIGRANTS [...] (SBU) Just after dawn on March 4, a boatload of 58 Haitians arrived in Long Bay, Portland, raising the total of Haitian migrants in Jamaica to 496. During a week which began with the one-year anniversary of former President Aristide's resignation and departure from Haiti, the GOJ continues to [...]	2005-03-04 22:31:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SMIG HA JM
05KINGSTON797	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: MAR 5-17, 2005 [...] This week's topics: -- Date Set for West Kingston By-Election -- A New Record? Crime Rate up 49% from 2004 -- Shooting at Funeral; Finance Minister Unharmed -- JLP Councillors Sue Government over Toll Bridge -- 11 Cubans Rescued Near Jamaica -- Jamaica Hosts African Diaspora Conference - [...]	2005-03-18 21:05:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON JM KCOR KCRM EINV EAID
05KINGSTON830	JAMAICA'S INTEREST RATES DROP TO RECORD LOW [...] The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ),on March 7, reduced the rates on open market instruments for the second time this year. This is a continuation of the trend started in 2004, when interest rates were slashed eleven times. Interest rates have now moved from a high of 36 percent on 365-day instrument [...]	2005-03-23 20:57:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON832	JAMAICA: A NATION SADDLED BY DEBT [...] (U) Summary: Despite GOJ efforts to lower its gargantuan public debt, Jamaica still has the unenviable record of being the second most indebted country in the world, after Lebanon, in terms of its debt-to-GDP ratio. At the end of 2004, Jamaica's stock of public debt stood at USD 12.5 billion [...]	2005-03-24 11:41:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON893	DISCOVERY OF FINANCE MINISTRY'S ISSUES ILLEGAL [...] (U) Summary: The Jamaican Ministry of Finance (MOF) used deferred financing to support development projects without going to Parliament for approval. Following an amendment to the Financial Administration Act (FAA) in 2002, the MOF modified their "comfort letters" to financial institutions, turni [...]	2005-03-31 18:14:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN JM
05KINSHASA2049	Congo/Brazzaville: 2005 Country Report [...] (SBU) The Republic of Congo (Congo-Brazzaville) has taken impressive strides in 2005 to strengthen cooperation with both domestic and international partners in the fight against terrorism. Mindful of the Republic of Congo's emerging reputation as an oil-sector heavyweight [...]	2005-12-15 19:00:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS CF KAPO
05LIMA2320	GOP EXTENDS STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR 60 MORE DAYS [...] Via a Supreme Decree signed by President Toledo on May 20, the Government extended for two more months the State of Emergency first declared in May of 2003. The Presidential Decree carried over the State of Emergency in the same geographic area covered by the most recent extensions, dated Ma [...]	2005-05-24 20:33:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINS PTER PHUM ASEC PE
05LIMA5012	MDA DEMARCHE ON ADDITIONAL GENEVA PROTOCOL--PERU [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-23 21:01:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ PE ICRC
05MADRID2082	DOJ COUNTERTERRORISM MEETINGS WITH SPANISH [...] (C) Summary. A USDOJ/FBI team led by DOJ Trial Attorneys Donald Ashley and Greg Sofer visited Madrid May 16-20 for meetings with Spanish prosecutors and judicial officials to discuss counterterrorism cooperation and to participate in the first official meeting of the U.S.-Spain Bilateral Coun [...]	2005-06-01 14:28:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL SP
05MADRID3528	"SPANISH TALIBAN" SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS IN PRISON [...] (U) Spain's High Court sentenced Spanish national Hamed Abderrahman Ahmed to six years in prison for "membership in a terrorist organization." Abderrahman, who was transferred to Spain from the U.S. base at Guantanamo in February 2004, is known in the press as the "Spanish Taliban" because he [...]	2005-10-06 11:52:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL SP
05MANILA1056	FURTHER PROGRESS IN COUNTERTERRORISM SCENARIO [...] (C) SUMMARY. The second in a series of USG-GRP staff talks on the development of counterterrorism cooperation scenarios produced progress, with a notable "climate change" on the RP side in the wake of the February 14 terrorist bombings in Manila and Mindanao. The two sides reached consensus [...]	2005-03-07 06:46:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL PTER RP
05MANILA1350	PHILIPPINES ANNOUNCES ARREST OF INDONESIAN JI [...] (SBU) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) announced at a March 22 press conference its units had captured Rohmat (aka Zaki aka Zaky aka Hamdan aka Akil aka Jeji),an Indonesian suspected of serving as a Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) liaison to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG). According to the AFP, [...]	2005-03-23 08:30:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL ASEC PINS RP
05MANILA1506	LAW ENFORCEMENT CORRUPTION IN THE PHILIPPINES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The nexus of law enforcement corruption in the Philippines lies in four key areas: 1) bribery in recruitment and extortion in training; 2) ineffectual and politically manipulated Internal Affairs; 3) financial mismanagement; and, 4) procurement and resource mismanagement. PNP [...]	2005-04-01 06:19:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS KCRM KCOR KJUS ASEC RP
05MANILA1595	LATEST KILLING OF JOURNALIST SPARKS OUTRAGE [...] (U) Summary: The shooting of a well-known journalist in Mindanao on March 24 marked what media organizations say is the fourth of a journalist this year and has sparked new public outrage. The House of Representatives plans a hearing and the Catholic Church has condemned the attack. The Ph [...]	2005-04-06 08:09:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS KCOR KPAO RP
05MANILA1748	MILF AND ANCESTRAL DOMAIN: A TOUGH NUT TO CRACK [...] (C) Summary. The upcoming GRP-MILF "exploratory talks" will tackle what is arguably the most difficult and contentious aspect of the conflict in Mindanao -- ancestral domain and proprietary land claims. MILF interlocutors appear hopeful there is some prospect further to flesh out some of th [...]	2005-04-15 09:25:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PTER PREL MY RP
05MANILA1799	POSSIBLE VISIT OF DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK [...] (C) Mr. Secretary, we would warmly welcome your visit in May and hope that you can make it. Your visit would be timely. The GRP may be even less stable than it appears -- yet paradoxically, far more capable of deliberate, positive redirection and reform than is now obvious. The Philippines [...]	2005-04-20 03:53:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP PTER RP
05MANILA2277	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 5 MEETING WITH [...] (U) May 5, 2005; 10:00 a.m.; Manila, the Philippines. 2. (C) Summary: President Arroyo underscored to the Deputy Secretary on May 5 that she considered the U.S. to be the SIPDIS Philippines' closest partner in dealing with security, economic and other issues. She confirmed that her go [...]	2005-05-18 06:38:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR ECON OVIP RP CH BM IZ SU ID
05MANILA2278	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 5, 2005 MEETING WITH [...] (U) May 5, 2005; 9:00 a.m.; Manila, the Philippines. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Anti-terrorism legislation will be on top of the Arroyo Administration's agenda once the Philippine Congress passes a value added tax. GRP officials told Deputy Secretary Zoellick they hope to rally support around an [...]	2005-05-18 06:42:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR MASS MCAP ECON ETRD EFIN KISL
05MANILA2675	MILF VALIDATING WANTED TERRORIST LIST FROM GRP [...] (SBU) Below is a list of 53 suspected militants provided to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) (a copy has been faxed to EAP/PMBS). MILF officials have publicly stated they are in the process of "validating" the list, and the names will form [...]	2005-06-09 06:35:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PINR PINS ASEC PREL ID MY RP
05MANILA2991	DESIGNATION OF THE RAJAH SOLAIMAN MOVEMENT AS A [...] (S) Summary and Action Request. The Rajah Solaiman Movement (RSM) has emerged as one of the most dangerous terrorist groups in the Philippines. Its members have been involved in the 2004 Superferry 14 bombing, the synchronized 2005 "Valentine's Day" attacks in Manila, General Santos, and Da [...]	2005-06-29 07:53:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER ASEC EFIN PINR PREL RP
05MANILA3045	LITTLE ECONOMIC IMPACT SO FAR FROM ARROYO'S WOES [...] (SBU) Summary. The Peso broke the PhP56/$1 mark on June 29, but has marginally recovered. The stock market continued to slide lower on concerns about the President's future, but most local analysts said that the situation remains manageable. The Philippine business community appears to be [...]	2005-07-01 08:23:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV RP
05MANILA3133	ARROYO DEMANDS FULL CABINET SUBMIT RESIGNATIONS [...] (S) Summary. In an apparent pre-emptive move against threatened resignations by some key Cabinet members, President Arroyo announced to the nation on July 7 that she had asked for the resignation of her entire Cabinet and would focus her own efforts in the future on political reform. Former [...]	2005-07-07 14:05:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	PINS PGOV EAID RP
05MANILA3154	"MAKE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE" [...] (C) Summary: The chorus has grown for President Arroyo to step down. Former president Corazon Aquino held a press conference late July 8 and called on President Arroyo "to make the supreme sacrifice" and resign. Several members of her former cabinet also called for her resignation on July 8 [...]	2005-07-08 09:55:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL KPAO MOPS RP
05MANILA3282	ARROYO REBUILDING ECONOMIC TEAM [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the exodus of key economic advisors, President Arroyo began reconstruction of her economic team on July 12 with the appointment of Margarito Teves as Secretary of Finance. On July 14, she announced other key appointments, including Peter Tavilia as Secretary of Tr [...]	2005-07-15 10:47:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV TBIO RP
05MANILA3788	STUDENT ACTIVISM IN THE PHILIPPINES: STILL A [...] (C) Summary: Student activism in the Philippines has long been a political force and it remains one. This is particularly the case at state-funded universities, where many students are involved in politics, including the effort to oust President Arroyo. Private university students play les [...]	2005-08-17 07:36:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR KISL SOCI RP
05MANILA4491	MORE COVERAGE IN PHILIPPINE PRESS OF ALLEGED [...] Anti-government, pro-opposition daily "The Philippine Daily Inquirer" printed another in a series of daily articles summarizing and analyzing purported classified US Embassy reports on the front page in its edition of September 23. Following is the full text of the article. BEGIN TEXT " [...]	2005-09-22 08:01:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PINS KPAO RP
05MANILA499	INTERNATIONAL TEAM INVESTIGATES SLAYINGS OF [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: A fact-finding team organized by the Brussels-based International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) January 24-31 investigated recen [...]	2005-02-01 08:24:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINS PINR SOCI KPAO RP
05MANILA5097	MANILA BOMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN PHILIPPINE [...] This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Death sentences were handed down in a Philippine trial court on October 28 to three extremists for their role in the February 14, 2005, bombing of a passenger bus in Manila. Key to the prosecutors' [...]	2005-11-01 09:37:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PGOV PINR PINS RP
05MANILA5137	SCENESETTER FOR EAP DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF [...] (C) Summary. Our strategic relations with the Philippines are important to both countries, and we seek to work even more constructively not only bilaterally but in a variety of regional and international fora as well. We have a comprehensive program of engagement with the GRP -- ranging from [...]	2005-11-02 12:00:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINS EAID MOPS ECON EFIN RP
05MANILA5344	MINDANAO TUNA INDUSTRY AT RISK [...] The tuna industry, which generates $400 million in annual revenues in Mindanao, faces a potential reduction in access to the EU market and restrictions in traditional fishing grounds. Indonesia is reluctant to extend a crucial bilateral fishing agreement beyond December 3. Tuna producers ar [...]	2005-11-15 09:05:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID PREL PGOV ECON RP WTRO
05MANILA5510	SCENE SETTER FOR DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE [...] (S/NF) Summary. Comprehensive counterterrorism efforts -- ranging from the military to humanitarian to public diplomacy -- top the broad U.S. agenda in the Philippines' still struggling democracy. In Manila, you will meet President Arroyo, former President Ramos, Executive Secretary Ermita, [...]	2005-11-28 11:38:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PINR ASEC OVIP PINS MOPS MARR PGOV RP
05MANILA5606	SCENESETTER FOR G/TIP DIRECTOR AMBASSADOR JOHN [...] (SBU) Summary. Our strategic relations with the Philippines are important to both countries, and we generally work together constructively on global issues, including Trafficking in Persons (TIP). The GRP publicly condemns trafficking and has enacted strong laws to combat it. However, the a [...]	2005-12-01 10:39:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ELAB KCRM PHUM KPAO RP HK
05MANILA5619	SCENE SETTER FOR SENATOR CHRISTOPHER BOND [...] (S/NF) Summary. Comprehensive counterterrorism efforts -- ranging from the military to humanitarian to public diplomacy -- top the broad U.S. agenda in the Philippines' still struggling democracy. In Manila, you will meet President Arroyo, National Security Advisor Gonzales, National Intell [...]	2005-12-02 06:45:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PINR ASEC OVIP PINS MOPS MARR PGOV RP
05MANILA5637	MILF REPRESENTATIVES UNVEIL ISLAMIC ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: Three executives from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front's (MILF's) development arm -- the Bangsamoro Development Agency (BDA) -- represented MILF Vice-Chairman for Political Affairs Ghazali Jafaar during a November 23 special closed door session of the Philippine Business Leader [...]	2005-12-02 09:18:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PTER RP
05MANILA5709	FURTHER GROUNDWORK ON PROPOSED TRILATERAL [...] (C/NF) Summary. The Japanese are now seeking to shift the dates of the proposed Trilateral Terrorism Cooperation Conference in Manila from mid-January to early February 2006. The primary focus of the meeting would be on maritime security, with help for Philippine National Police (PNP) refor [...]	2005-12-07 08:49:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV ASEC AS JA RP
05MANILA5950	PHILIPPINES: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Post's 2005 narrative update of the Philippine portion of the 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism report is provided below. The information is keyed to specific reftel requests. 2. (U) Summary. The Philippines, one of the earliest supporters in the global coalition against terrorism, [...]	2005-12-23 07:25:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PGOV ASEC MOPS RP
05MANILA705	SITREP Ol: NEAR SIMULTANEOUS BOMBS ROCK THREE [...] (SBU) Three near simultaneous explosions rocked Manila and two cities in the southern Philippines around 7:OO pm local time February 14. Dozens of casualties are reported but no firm figurcs are yet available. No Amcits are reported injured or killed. Media reports link the Abu Sayyaf Grou [...]	2005-02-14 13:26:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL ASEC PINS RP
05MANILA727	ASG (IN CONCERT WITH JI) LEADING SUSPECTS IN [...] (C) The terrorist Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) heads the list of prime suspects in the February 14 series of three bombings in Manila and Mindanao that, according to media reports, left at least 11 Filipinos dead and 136 injured. The Moro Islamic Liberation Front has publicly condemned the bombings [...]	2005-02-15 08:34:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL ASEC PINS RP
05MAPUTO1314	MOZAMBIQUE: SUPPORT OF U.S. UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-07 11:29:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL UNGA
05MAPUTO133	MOZAMBIQUE: ACCUSED CARDOSO ASSASSIN ANIBALZINHO [...] Anibal dos Santos Junior ("Anibalzinho"),the man convicted of leading the hit squad responsible for the November 2000 assassination of investigative journalist Carlos Cardoso, arrived in Maputo on January 22 and was taken into custody, after having been deported from Canada. In January 2003, [...]	2005-01-27 14:42:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KJUS MZ KCOR KCRM
05MAPUTO1408	MOZAMBIQUE: MURDER OF DIRECTOR OF MAPUTO CENTRAL [...] On October 21 the Director of Maputo Central Prison, Jorge Microsse, was fatally shot in the Pequenos Libombos area of Boane district, about 40 kilometers outside Maputo city. According to press reports, Microsse was approached in his car by four armed men at approximately 1730 hrs as he stoppe [...]	2005-10-28 07:57:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	KCOR KCRM MZ PGOV PHUM
05MAPUTO1449	PORTUGAL TO TRANSFER CAHORA BASSA DAM TO MOZAMBIQUE [...] On November 2 representatives of the Mozambican and Portuguese governments signed in Lisbon a memorandum of understanding (MOU) providing for the transfer of control over Cahora Bassa, the large hydroelectric dam on the Zambezi river in west central Mozambique, from Portuguese to Mozambican ha [...]	2005-11-04 13:20:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EINV PO MZ
05MAPUTO145	OPIC/NYATI BEACH DEVELOPMENTS - U.S. INVESTOR [...] (C) Summary: OPIC-supported American investor Dave Herbert was evicted from his Nyati Beach Lodge on January 6 based on a new provincial court order. Mozambique High Court has issued a dispatch suspending that order, but the provincial judge has refused to enforce the suspension. Mr. Herbert a [...]	2005-01-31 14:58:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV MZ OPIC
05MAPUTO1555	MOZAMBIQUE: FIVE ESCAPE FROM MAPUTO POLICE [...] (U) On November 26 five prisoners, including a suspect in the October 21 murder of then-Director of the Maputo Central Prison Jorge Microsse (ref A),escaped from high-security holding cells at the Maputo City Police Command, according to media sources. On November 30 independent daily fax ne [...]	2005-12-02 05:34:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM CKOR PGOV MZ
05MAPUTO1569	MOZAMBIQUE: ANIBALZINHO RETRIAL BEGINS; DEFENDANT [...] The retrial of Anibal dos Santos Junior ("Anibalzinho"),the man convicted of leading the hit squad responsible for the November 2000 assassination of investigative journalist Carlos Cardoso, began on December 1 in the Maputo City court. Anibalzinho was previously tried in absentia and, in Jan [...]	2005-12-06 12:15:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KCOR PREL PHUM MZ
05MAPUTO159	THE U.S.-MOZAMBIQUE BILATERAL INVESTMENT TREATY [...] On February 1 Ambassador La Lime and Mozambican Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Leonardo Santos Simao signed the Protocol of Exchange for the instruments of ratification of the US-Mozambique Bilateral Investment Treaty. The US-Mozambique BIT, formally known as the "Treaty Concernin [...]	2005-02-02 16:17:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD ECON BEXP MZ BIT
05MAPUTO184	MOZAMBIQUE: BIODATA ON NEW GUEBUZA CABINET (PART I) [...] (U) This message provides biographical data for key cabinet ministers sworn in on February 5 by President Guebuza. Biodata on additional cabinet members will be provided in septels. Sources include official ministerial biographies, local media reports, and information obtained from Embassy con [...]	2005-02-09 14:56:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PGOV MZ
05MAPUTO288	MOZAMBIQUE: BIODATA ON PRESIDENT GUEBUZA [...] (SBU) Armando Emilio Guebuza was born January 20, 1943 in Murrupula, Nampula province. His father was a member of the Ronga ethnic group (from the Maputo area) and his mother (still living) is Makua (from Nampula). At a young age, his family moved to Maputo, where Guebuza grew up. While attend [...]	2005-03-02 13:45:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MZ
05MAPUTO313	MOZAMBIQUE: GUEBUZA REPLACES CHISSANO AS FRELIMO [...] (U) On March 4, FRELIMO's Central Committee announced that former Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano had voluntarily stepped down from his post as president of the ruling FRELIMO party. Shortly thereafter, Mozambique's newly-elected President Armando Guebuza was named his successor by the 1 [...]	2005-03-07 13:32:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM PINR MZ FRELIMO
05MAPUTO682	MOZAMBIQUE: UPDATE ON USG HUMANITARIAN DEMINING [...] PM/WRA Program Officer Deborah Netland and PM/WRA Foreign Affairs Officer Peggy Pope visited Mozambique April 26 - May 6. During their visit they examined the impact of USG humanitarian demining assistance and strongly urged the GRM to play a much more active role in supporting its mine action [...]	2005-06-01 05:36:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT EAID KHDP MARR MOPS PREL MZ MAS
05MAPUTO692	MOZAMBIQUE: GUEBUZA'S 100-DAY VICTORY LAP [...] (SBU) President Guebuza has spent the first 100 days in office traveling the length of the country, bolstering support for himself and the ruling party, Frelimo. In public addresses he has held firm to the themes of his campaign promise to alleviate poverty, combat corruption and eliminate bur [...]	2005-06-03 10:02:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM MZ KCOR HIV AIDS PEPFAR
05NASSAU1827	CARIBBEAN CONFERENCE ON HIV/AIDS CONFRONTS STIGMA [...] Summary: On October 3 and 4, Post hosted international HIV/AIDS experts and 10 Caribbean mission representatives for the 4th Caribbean Chiefs of Mission Conference on HIV/AIDS. Ambassador Rood opened the conference with an appeal to reduce the 2.3 percent Caribbean infection rate by compassi [...]	2005-10-21 16:06:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID TBIO OVIP KHIV XL BF
05NEWDELHI1261	NRC COMMISSIONER MERRIFIELD MEETS INDIAN FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: NRC Commissioner Jeffrey S. Merrifield and Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran discussed India's energy future at a meeting in the Secretary's office in New Delhi on February 11, 2005. Saran told Merrifield that energy is a key strategic interest of India and nuclear power woul [...]	2005-02-17 12:09:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS ENRG ETTC IN KNNP KSCA PREL TRGY TSPL NSSP
05NEWDELHI1263	NRC COMMISSIONER MERRIFIELD MEETS MEA JOINT [...] (C) Summary: In this February 11 meeting, NRC Commissioner Merrifield complimented Jaishankar about the accomplishments and maturity of the Indian nuclear power industry. "With regard to nuclear power," Merrifield said, "India can no longer be treated as a junior partner." Merrifield also h [...]	2005-02-17 12:26:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS ENRG ETTC IN KNNP KSCA PREL TRGY TSPL NSSP
05NEWDELHI1264	NRC COMMISSIONER MERRIFIELD MEETS MEA ADDITIONAL [...] (C) Summary: On February 11 NRC Commissioner Merrifield met MEA Additional Secretary Meera Shankar who has the non-proliferation portfolio within her purview. Commissioner Merrifield expressed satisfaction with his visit to Indian facilities and suggested that further cooperation could bring [...]	2005-02-17 12:33:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS ENRG ETTC IN KNNP KSCA PREL TRGY TSPL NSSP
05NEWDELHI1783	INDIA SEEKS TECHNICAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT ON [...] (S) Summary: During a highly-anticipated February 22 briefing on the Patriot Advanced Capability-2 (PAC-2) missile defense system, GOI and USG representatives cited the exchange as evidence of the transformed Indo-US relationship. Throughout the session, GOI statements and questions indicat [...]	2005-03-08 10:58:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	KSTC MARR MASS PGOV PREL IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI1938	INDIA WANTS HIGH FIDELITY MISSILE DEFENSE EXERCISES [...] (S) Summary: In her remarks at the initial working group meeting of the US-India Missile Defense (MD) Workshop in Hyderabad on March 3-4, MEA Additional Secretary for International Security Meera Shankar affirmed New Delhi's desire for a cooperative MD technology relationship with the US over [...]	2005-03-14 08:29:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	KOMC MARR PGOV PREL TNGD IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI2050	INDIA ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT [...] (C) Summary: In an upbeat assessment of Secretary Rice's first visit to India, MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S. Jaishankar described the action agenda that the Secretary left behind as "the most significant road map we've had in the last 47 years." Areas for immediate progress include expa [...]	2005-03-17 13:23:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PGOV PREL ENRG ETRD MASS TSPA ETTC IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI2933	INDIA REQUESTS CENTCOM LNO, NEW INFO ON IRAQ, AND [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with SA A/S Christina Rocca and Charge on April 18, MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S. Jaishankar was upbeat about Foreign Minister Natwar Singh's recent meetings in Washington and about new opportunities for Indo-US cooperation since Dr. Rice's March 16 visit. However, he [...]	2005-04-19 12:23:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MASS TRGY ETTC PK IZ IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI4532	GOI DECLINES OFFER OF ITEMIZERS FOR KASHMIR BUS [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-15 12:01:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PTER IN PK
05NEWDELHI4961	US-INDIA NON-PROLIFERATION DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: Arms Control A/S Stephen Rademaker and representatives from AC, NP, SA, OSD, and Embassy met GOI counterparts, led by MEA Additional Secretary (International Security) Meera Shankar on June 16 to continue the ongoing bilateral dialogue on strategic stability and nonproliferation [...]	2005-06-29 13:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP PARM ETTC KSTC IR PK CH IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI5047	U/S BURNS DISCUSSES PM'S VISIT WITH FS SARAN [...] (C) Summary: In a three and a half-hour session with Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran on June 24, U/S Burns reviewed deliverables for PM Manmohan Singh's July 18 visit to Washington, discussing in detail those of greatest interest to New Delhi (Civil Nuclear cooperation and UNSC reform) and revi [...]	2005-07-01 12:11:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP ETTC EAGR IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI5048	U/S BURNS' DISCUSSIONS ON SOUTH ASIAN ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: U/S Nicholas Burns met with Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran on June 25 to review Indo-Pak SIPDIS relations, Iran, Nepal, Bangladesh, and briefly Sri Lanka. Although pleased with the groundswell of support for people-to-people exchanges with Pakistan, Saran warned that a single [...]	2005-07-01 12:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PK AF IR NP BG CE IN US
05NEWDELHI6413	DEMARCHE DELIVERY: MAGEN DAVID ADOM [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-18 14:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL IS IN
05NEWDELHI6414	MEA UNSURPRISED BUT ANXIOUS IN REACTION TO BANGLA [...] (C) Summary: The MEA told us that the few indicators so far available point to the Jamaat ul-Mujahidin Bangladesh as author of the August 17 bombing wave. The MEA further theorized that the terrorists' goal was to demonstrate organization and sophistication. Delhi views Bangladesh's terrori [...]	2005-08-18 16:09:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV MOPS PBTS ECON IN BD PK SA
05NEWDELHI6638	INDIAN QUESTIONS ABOUT IRAN WMD BRIEFING OFFER [...] (S) In response to the USG offer to brief the GOI on Iran's weaponization program and pursuit of the nuclear fuel cycle (Ref A),MEA Deputy Secretary (Americas) Santosh Jha told PolMilOff on August 29 that MEA is generally interested, but would like more information before it could formally a [...]	2005-08-29 14:45:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	KNNP PARM PREL IR IN
05NEWDELHI6660	IRAQI CONSTITUTION: INDIAN SUPPORT, BUT NO [...] (U) This is an action request for NEA/I. Please see para 4. 2. (C) PolMilOff encouraged the GOI to make a public statement in support of Iraq's efforts to draft a constitution and delivered the Secretary's statement and fact sheet (Reftel) during her meeting with MEA Deputy Secretary ( [...]	2005-08-30 16:03:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ IN
05NEWDELHI8237	U/S BURNS AND F/S SARAN CLARIFY POSITIONS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: U/S Nicholas Burns' meeting with GOI Foreign Secretary Saran on U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation SIPDIS clarified differing perceptions on how to sequence each side's fulfillment of obligations in order to build sufficient confidence in the other side's executive and legisl [...]	2005-10-24 11:30:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNNP ENRG IN
05NEWDELHI8245	BURNS-SARAN OCTOBER 21 MEETING ON BILATERAL ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Much progress was made in the October 21 opening meeting in Delhi between Under Secretary for Political Affairs Burns and Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran which reviewed the US-India joint ventures launched at the July 18 Summit. Both agreed that the two sides must ensure that smal [...]	2005-10-24 11:45:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MASS EAID EAGR ENRG EINV KNNP ETRD EAIR ETTC ECPS TSPA TBIO TSPL CVIS KDEM SENV IN PK US
05NEWDELHI8247	NEPAL, AFGHANISTAN, AND IRANIAN TERRORISM: FOREIGN [...] This message contains an ACTION REQUEST for SA. Please see para 11. 2. (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran and his regional Joint Secretaries told visiting U/S for Political Affairs Nick Burns on October 22 that the GOI would announce that day the opening of several points along t [...]	2005-10-24 12:01:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MASS EAID ENRG PHUM IN NP AF PK CH CE BM TH
05NEWDELHI8809	PM SINGH SHUFFLES PORTFOLIOS SLIGHTLY [...] (SBU) In an anti-climax, the GOI announced November 18 that it had reallocated Cabinet portfolios between the sitting Cabinet Ministers rather than expanding the Cabinet as expected. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh retained the External Affairs Ministry. Jaipal Reddy moved from Information an [...]	2005-11-21 11:42:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ECON IN

05NEWDELHI9260	GOI UPDATES ON EXPORT CONTROLS DURING HTCG [...] (SBU) Summary: MEA officials used the Strategic Trade session of the High Technology Cooperation Group meetings held in New Delhi December 1 to respond to USG questions about India's export controls, stating that the Indian regime "completely covers" MTCR and NSG requirements. The GOI presen [...]	2005-12-08 12:13:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD ETTC KNNP KSTC PARM TSPA MTCRE IN
05NEWDELHI9400	"GOOD ENGAGEMENT" IS COMMON REFRAIN AT U.S.-INDIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce David McCormick and GOI Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran led U.S. and Indian delegations in the fourth meeting of the High Technology Cooperation Group (HTCG) in New Delhi on November 30 - December 1. The HTCG was formed in November 2002 to provide [...]	2005-12-14 11:31:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ETTC KSTC OTRA PREL KNNP PARM TSPA IN
05OTTAWA1274	Malone nomination for IRC directors conference, May [...] Post wishes to nominate PA Ottawa IRC Director Kyle Malone to attend the IRC Directors Conference for Caribbean, Central America, Canada and Venezuela from 05/16/2005 through 05/20/2005. 2. Ms. Malone will be arriving Continental 1950 at 1250 hours on May 16, 2005 and departing on May 20 a [...]	2005-04-27 18:07:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KIRC OIIP
05PANAMA2162	PANAMANIAN OFFICIALS OPTIMISTIC THAT CANAL [...] (SBU) This message is the second in a three-part series on views of the Torrijos administration's performance as it passes its September 1, 2005 first anniversary. Part One (Reftel A) evaluated the performance of the Panamanian government (GOP),citing the views of critics outside and inside the [...]	2005-10-27 14:21:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON PM POL CHIEF
05PARAMARIBO701	DUTCH FOREIGN MINISTER VISIT HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Summary. Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot paid an official visit to Suriname on October 21 to discuss the future of bilateral relations and prepare for a visit by Dutch Prime Minister Jan Balkenende next month. Bot and his Surinamese counterparts discussed expanding law enforcement coop [...]	2005-10-28 10:59:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI ECON NS
05PARAMARIBO755	MDA: RESPONSE TO SWISS [...] DCM has discussed the forthcoming Swiss-organized conference in Geneva on December 5-6 on the Third Additional Protocol to create a new "red crystal" emblem with the Surinamese Foreign Ministry. The Government of Suriname remains disposed to support the approval of the Third Protocol, and ha [...]	2005-11-22 16:50:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM PREL ICRC
05PARAMARIBO831	SOUTHCOM VISIT SUCCESSFULLY FOSTERS CLOSER [...] (U) Summary. General John Craddock, Combatant Commander of U.S. Southern Command, visited Suriname for six hours on December 16 and made office calls to President Ronald Venetiaan, Minister of Defense Ivan Fernald, and Commander of the Armed Forces Colonel Ernst Mercuur. He also had lunch wi [...]	2005-12-20 19:38:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PREL PGOV EAID NS
05PARIS2517	PARIS CLUB - APRIL 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (U) Following are summaries of country discussions during the April 5, 2005 Paris Club session. The Paris Club's President, Jean-Pierre Jouyet, chaired the session. Secretary General (SecGen) Emmanuel Moulin represented the Secretariat. Representatives of non- Paris Club members Brazil, Isr [...]	2005-04-13 16:10:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
05PARIS4198	FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR ONE [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-15 09:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4202	FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR ONE [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-15 09:33:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS7109	USUNESCO: UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY [...] The following is an action request. 2. The UNESCO cultural diversity convention was brought before the General Conference cultural commission on Oct. 17. USDEL proposed a set of amendments that were voted down by large margins. The commission then voted by 151 to 2 with 2 abstentions to r [...]	2005-10-18 11:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL SCUL FR UNESCO
05PORTAUPRINCE796	HAITIAN ELECTIONS: UPDATE ON PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: With the publication of the electoral law, the campaign season has unofficially begun in Haiti. There have been a handful of presidential candidacy announcements, most notably that of KID's Evans Paul. We expect several more over the next few months. By June and July, most [...]	2005-03-23 21:39:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV HA
05PRETORIA2942	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] Summary. Each week, AmEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - BER Predicts 4.2% Economic Growth; - Weak Rand, [...]	2005-07-26 04:53:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA864	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] SUMMARY. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics in the February 18 newsletter include: - President Mbeki's State of the Nation address [...]	2005-02-28 08:59:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05QUITO1160	REQUEST FOR DOS REVIEW OF POST-VETTED MEMBERS OF [...] The Embassy has developed plans to train Ecuadorian sergeant majors at an EC facility in Machachi, Ecuador. Half of the participants were vetted in March, in order to take part in other USG-sponsored training. Bio information for the remainder follow: NAME AND DPOB: MENDOZA PONCE, JERM [...]	2005-05-17 22:19:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL EC KICC
05QUITO1322	DROPPING DOLLAR RAISES PROSPECTS IN TULCAN [...] SUMMARY: Tulcan, capital of Ecuador's Carchi province, bestrides the Panamerican Highway four hours from Quito and four miles from Colombia. Like frontier towns worldwide, Carchi's capital enjoys its share of money changers, truck stops, and customs checkpoints, most visitors clocking in for [...]	2005-06-08 20:36:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SNAR PTER ECON ETRD EC CO
05QUITO179	SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY REPORT [...] (U) We are submitting the following information in response to the request for the 2004 Supporting Human Rights and Democracy Report (reftel). On January 25, Post emailed the version with tracked changes to DRL/PHD. 2. (U) Although Ecuador enjoys a democratically elected government that gen [...]	2005-01-25 17:23:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EC
05QUITO2762	Ecuador Focused on TIP [...] Summary: Ecuadorian leaders have recently shown renewed vigor in their effort to battle trafficking in persons and help trafficking victims. Under the direction of Ecuador's First Lady, Maria Paret de Palacio, the government-funded child and family welfare agency INNFA is leading the charge. [...]	2005-12-07 21:18:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV EC
05QUITO2863	ECUADOR: PALACIO SWEARS IN TWO NEW CABINET MEMBERS [...] (U) Summary: On December 14, President Alfredo Palacio swore in Alfredo Castillo Bujase as the new Minister of Government (the fourth person to hold this post since Palacio took office in April). Acting Minister of Government Galo Chiriboga returned to his previous post as Minister of Labor. [...]	2005-12-15 22:53:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL EC
05QUITO490	SUBMISSION FOR 2005 TIP REPORT [...] Summary: Ecuador continues to take steps to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). Since issuing a presidential decree in August 2004, the government has drafted a national plan, increased public awareness of the problem, and reached out to source and destination countries. The GOE has coope [...]	2005-03-02 12:15:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF
05QUITO82	ECUADOR LABOR UPDATE [...] Summary: Following are recent labor-related developments of interest: --President Calls Meeting to Discuss Labor Reform (para. 2) --Minimum Wage Negotiations (4) --Subcontracting Decree Deadline Extended (5) --Government Lay Offs (6) --Minister Claims Success (7) --Child Labor Update (8) [...]	2005-01-13 16:00:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV EC
05RIODEJANEIRO1120	MINAS GERAIS: THE VIEW FROM BELO HORIZONTE [...] (U) From September 28-30, Rio Econ/Poloff visited a variety of people in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais state, to discuss business investments in the state and the state's aggressive and successful economic plan as well as national and local politics. Abijaodi on international investments [...]	2005-10-11 16:15:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD BR
05RIODEJANEIRO1162	Staheli Murder Update: DNA Does Not Match Suspect [...] Summary: A new twist in the police investigation into the 2003 murders of Amcit couple Todd and Michelle Staheli: Authorities determined on Oct 28 that DNA samples beneath Michelle Staheli's fingernails do not match that of suspect Jossiel Conceicao des Santos. This new evidence lends credenc [...]	2005-11-04 16:36:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	CMGT AMGT EAIR BR
05RIODEJANEIRO973	Rio Pol/Econ Roundup July 2005 - I [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-22 10:31:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR EMIN ENRG EFIN ECON BR
05SANJOSE2718	COSTA RICA AND AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA [...] The responses below key off reftel. A) PREPAREDNESS/COMMUNICATION -- DOES THE GOVERNMENT HAVE A PREPAREDNESS PLAN/STRATEGY FOR PREVENTING AVIAN FLU FROM BECOMING A PANDEMIC AND CONTAINING A PANDEMIC ONCE IT OCCURS? IF THE COUNTRY HAS A STRATEGY, HOW CAPABLE IS IT OF IMPLEMENTING IT? PLEAS [...]	2005-11-23 22:37:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV EAGR EAID PREL CS
05SANSALVADOR2659	DESIRES OUTWEIGH ACTION AT SALVADORAN PORT [...] (U) During econoff's August 30 introductory call with the Economic Counselor, Autonomous Executive Port Commission (CEPA) President Juan Jose Llort Choussy laid out his goals for CEPA infrastructure development. Llort's briefing indicated that there will be a number of potential opportuniti [...]	2005-09-23 22:38:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV EWWT ENRG ES
05SANTODOMINGO1026	DOMINICAN OPPOSITION BRISTLES; FERNANDEZ BACKS OFF [...] The Dominican Republic,s opposition, uncoordinated and quiescent since its resounding electoral defeat last year, ended its truce this week and mounted its first serious attack on the policies of President Fernandez since he assumed office six months ago. This awakening may not restore oppos [...]	2005-02-25 13:58:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV DR
05SANTODOMINGO1051	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT INAUGURATES U.S. PLANT, AGAIN [...] (U) At the February 21 ground-breaking for a large U.S.-owned textile mill, President Leonel Fernandez characterized the project as one aspect of the Dominican Republic's response to the challenges of competition and globalization. He expressed confidence that the free trade agreement with th [...]	2005-02-25 20:24:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KTEX DR
05SANTODOMINGO1060	CSW AND WOMEN'S ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT: DOMINICAN [...] Embassy delivered reftel demarche and draft resolution to the Dominican Republic's MFA February 24. MFA director for women's and children's issues Luisa "Chiqui" Vicioso offered the following written comments on the U.S. draft CSW resolution on women's economic advancement (informal translati [...]	2005-02-28 14:26:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN EAID DR
05SANTODOMINGO1120	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ REPORTS TO THE NATION [...] In the traditional national day speech to the Dominican Congress President Leonel Fernandez claimed credit for successful economic stabilization in his first six months in office and sought to present himself as a knowledgeable leader with a vision for modernization and reform. He did not touc [...]	2005-03-01 17:05:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EFIN ECON ETRD ENRG DR
05SANTODOMINGO1146	DOMINICAN POLITICS #13: PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ AND [...] (SBU) This is #13 in our current series on politics in the Dominican Republic: Leonel Fernandez and the February 27 National Day Speech - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Leonel Fernandez was addressing the nation live, on national television on a Sunday morning amid pageantry at t [...]	2005-03-02 12:37:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN ETRD PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO1147	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT APPROVES PROVIDING STAFF [...] (C) On Tuesday, February 17 President Leonel Fernandez accepted a proposal from Armed Forces Minister Sigfrido Pared Perez to send Dominican officers to help staff operations in Iraq and to provide support for the Iraqi Area of Operations at Central Command in Tampa, Florida. There will be no [...]	2005-03-02 13:12:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR DR
05SANTODOMINGO1199	DEMARCHE ON URGING FISCAL RESTRAINT IN ILO: [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-03 15:12:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC ELAB DR
05SANTODOMINGO1200	DEMARCHE ON UN DECLARATION ON HUMAN CLONING: [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-03 15:13:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO1224	DEMARCHE ON CSW DECLARATION: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] (SBU) The Charge d'Affaires and political officer delivered reftel points on March 2 to Vice Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano and left the points as a non-paper in Spanish. Liriano was aware of the Beijing-Plus-Ten meeting and noted that the Dominican Republic had sent a large delegation in [...]	2005-03-03 18:35:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KWMN DR
05SANTODOMINGO1257	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: FIFTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] The following is Embassy,s response to the questions raised in reftel. 2. 2005 Dominican Republic Trafficking in Persons Report I. OVERVIEW OF EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS A. The Dominican Republic is a country of origin, transit and destination for trafficking [...]	2005-03-04 21:59:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB DR
05SANTODOMINGO1293	DOMINICAN CONGRESSMAN RAMOS GARCIA SENTENCED TO 18 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On March 2, 2005, the Dominican Supreme Court found Congressman Guillermo Radhames Ramos Garcia guilty of smuggling 16 Asian migrants across the Dominican border in 2002 while he was serving as Dominican consul in Cap Haitien, Haiti. Ramos Garcia was convicted under the 1998 a [...]	2005-03-07 18:41:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS PHUM DR
05SANTODOMINGO1304	DOMINICAN POLITICS #15: HATUEY - RAGING OR [...] (SBU) This is #15 in our current series on politics in the Dominican Republic: Hatuey - Raging or Ferdinand the Bull? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - It is too easy to make fun of Hatuey Decamps, the dispossessed president of the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano, now the founder [...]	2005-03-07 22:30:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV DR
05SANTODOMINGO1333	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC NON-COMMITTAL ON OAS SOCIAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-08 22:51:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SOCI DR
05SANTODOMINGO1366	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: TAIWAN FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS [...] (SBU) Summary: Taiwan Foreign Minister Tan-Sun Chen visited the Dominican Republic February 24-25 to shore up bilateral relations in response to several recent visits by PRC officials. President Fernandez announced that he would visit Taiwan in April, signalling that he intends to maintain r [...]	2005-03-09 20:03:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EINV DR CH TW HA
05SANTODOMINGO1367	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CHILD MARRIAGE [...] The following is Embassy Santo Domingo's response to reftel. A. According to the National Council for Adolescents and Children (CONANI),the agency charged with the protection of children, the legal age of marriage in the Dominican Republic is 18. Adolescents (defined as those between the [...]	2005-03-09 20:07:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM DR
05SANTODOMINGO1453	DOMINICAN CONGRESSIONAL BLUSTER LIKELY TO BE [...] (U) The opposition PRD in the Dominican congress has held up legislative business all this week out of professed indignation against the administration, but President Fernandez is likely to calm them down once he gets back this weekend. A clumsy raid on the offices of former Agriculture Minis [...]	2005-03-11 21:29:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN ETRD PHUM KCRM PREL DR CI
05SANTODOMINGO1486	ANTI-TRAFFICKING FOR DOMINICANS BY U.S. DOJ, FEB. [...] SUMMARY: On February 22-24, the Department of Justice Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development Assistance Training conducted an anti-trafficking workshop to assist Dominicans in creating an operations manual for enforcement of laws against trafficking in persons (TIP). The participants [...]	2005-03-15 18:00:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KCRM SMIG DR
05SANTODOMINGO1487	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC CANDIDATE FOR OAS HUMAN RIGHTS [...] On March 8, Embassy received diplomatic note No. 5715 indicating that the Government of the Dominican Republic will present MFA Ambassador for Human Rights Rhadys Abreu de Polanco as a candidate for membership on the Interamerican Comission for Human Rights at the OAS. She will be a candidate [...]	2005-03-15 18:16:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM DR
05SANTODOMINGO1507	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC LISTENS ON UNCHR 61 AND DRAFT [...] (SBU) Poloffs delivered reftel A and B talking points and draft Cuba resolution to MFA Ambassador for UN/OAS Affairs Michelle Cohen and Counselor Johanna Calderon on March 15. Cohen said that the Dominican Republic "has not yet arrived at a position on these issues." According to Cohen, the D [...]	2005-03-16 15:09:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM CU DR
05SANTODOMINGO153	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT DELIVERED [...] On January 6, Charge and poloff delivered reftel text of the Dominican Republic's Interim TIP Assessment to Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano and Luisa Vicioso, MFA Director for Women and Children's Issues. Liriano thanked the charge for delivering the text personally and promised a t [...]	2005-01-12 15:09:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCRM PHUM DR
05SANTODOMINGO154	FERNANDEZ INAUGURATES NEW DOMINICAN SUPREME COURT [...] SUMMARY. On January 5, President Leonel Fernandez inaugurated the new building that will house the Supreme Court, Attorney General's office, and related activities. Fernandez used the occasion to speak out on the need for an honest and fair judiciary as an integral part of the fight against c [...]	2005-01-12 15:09:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCRM DR
05SANTODOMINGO1557	DOMINICAN POLITICS #16: MEJIA'S FUTURE IN THE PRD [...] (SBU) This is # 16 in our current series on politics in the Dominican Republic: MEJIA'S FUTURE IN THE PRD Former President Meja last month declared the post-inaugural truce to be over, blasted President Fernndez,s economic policies, and called on his opposition PRD to take a more aggress [...]	2005-03-17 22:10:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV DR
05SANTODOMINGO1558	HCOC - ENCOURAGING ADDITIONAL COUNTRIES TO [...] (SBU) Embassy officers delivered paras 4-7 reftel as a non-paper, as well as a Department-provided Spanish translation of the HCOC text, to MFA UN/OAS division director Michelle Cohen on March 15. 2. (SBU) She informed us that the Dominican Republic was considering subscribing to the Hague [...]	2005-03-17 22:15:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA DR
05SANTODOMINGO1559	U.S. EFFORTS TO SUPPORT EU-3 DIPLOMACY ON IRAN: [...] Embassy officers on March 15 delivered points and press release (paras 2-3 reftel) as a non-paper to MFA UN/OAS division director Michelle Cohen, and briefly explained the main points. She thanked us for the information and undertook to share it with her security affairs section and Middle E [...]	2005-03-18 12:11:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO IR DR
05SANTODOMINGO1562	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ STRESSES DANGER OF [...] (U) Dominican President Leonel Fernandez was host and keynote speaker for a high-level discussion of "The World After Terrorism" on March 14-15. This 12th periodic Plenary Seminar of the Circle of Montevideo, an informal gathering of Latin American former heads of state, was held at Fernand [...]	2005-03-18 18:01:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER DR
05SANTODOMINGO1570	DOMINICAN CONGRESS AND SUPREME COURT PUNISH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The ongoing battle against corruption in the Dominican Republic saw two important victories as Congress stripped the Constitutional immunity of convicted alien smuggler Guillermo Radhames Ramos Garcia and the Supreme Court rid the judiciary of two discredited judges, one of who [...]	2005-03-19 18:13:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KJUS KCOR PGOV SNAR DR
05SANTODOMINGO1603	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC--TERRORISM FINANCE: 2005 UPDATE [...] (U) The Dominican Republic has not frozen or seized any assets under UNSCR Resolutions 1267 and 1373. 2. (C) The Superintendent of Banks heads the government,s efforts to ensure that searches of banks are conducted in a timely manner. However, weak information systems and the high degree o [...]	2005-03-22 13:35:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO1731	DOMINICAN SENATE ACTS ON BOND BILLS; MORE REMAINS [...] (U) In the evening of March 29, the Dominican Senate unanimously approved all but one of the bond authorizations needed to ensure compliance with the nation,s 2005 budget and the IMF standby accord. The authorization to renegotiate external (sovereign) bonds issued in 2001 and 2003 will now [...]	2005-03-30 19:06:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN DR
05SANTODOMINGO1771	DOMINICAN FONMIN REQUEST FOR DEPARTMENT MEETING [...] (SBU) This message includes an ACTION REQUEST for a meeting with the Secretary and with WHA Assistant Secretary Noriega on April 6-7. 2. (C) On March 30 when the Ambassador raised with Dominican President Fernandez the Cuba resolution at the UN Human Rights Commission, Fernandez said that t [...]	2005-03-31 19:51:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL ETRD MARR CU DR
05SANTODOMINGO1778	DISASTER DECLARATION FOR DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] THE AMBASSADOR HAS DETERMINED THAT DAMAGE CAUSED TO GROUND COVER AS A RESULT OF WILD FIRES THAT AFFECTED THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN RANGE OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, IS OF SUFFICIENT MAGNITUDE TO WARRANT USG ASSISTANCE. THE CHIEF OF MISSION IS THEREFORE EXERCISING THE DISASTER ASSISTANCE AUTHORITY, [...]	2005-04-01 12:05:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT EAID DR SENV PGOV SOCI
05SANTODOMINGO1801	DOMINICAN POLITICS # 17: HELICOPTERS, FOREST [...] (SBU) This is #17 in our current series on politics in the Dominican Republic: HELICOPTERS, FOREST FIRES, HELP FROM ABROAD With forest fires continuing to burn along the mountaintops in the Dominican Republic, Hugo Chavez has won a lot of Dominican good will with his dramatic and largely u [...]	2005-04-01 21:33:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR DR
05SANTODOMINGO1833	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CHILD MARRIAGE -- CORRECTED [...] The following is Embassy Santo Domingo's response to reftel. A. According to the Dominican Civil Code and associated legislation, both boys and girls can marry freely at the age of 18. Boys can marry at age 16 and and girls can marry at age 15 with the consent of the child's parents, survi [...]	2005-04-04 20:21:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM DR
05SANTODOMINGO1834	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CHILD MARRIAGE -- CORRECTED [...] The following is Embassy Santo Domingo's response to reftel. A. According to the Dominican Civil Code and associated legislation, both boys and girls can marry freely at the age of 18. Boys can marry at age 16 and and girls can marry at age 15 with the consent of the child's parents, survi [...]	2005-04-04 20:44:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM DR
05SANTODOMINGO1836	DOMINICAN POLITICS #18: EMBASSY PUTS CAFTA-DR [...] (SBU) This is #18 in our current series on politics in the Dominican Republic: EMBASSY PUTS CAFTA-DR DEBATE CENTER STAGE WITH CHILEAN NEOGOTIATOR The Ambassador, USAID, and EcoPol arranged the three-day visit to the Dominican Republic of Amb. Osvaldo Rosales, currently Director of the Tra [...]	2005-04-04 21:33:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD DR
05SANTODOMINGO1861	CAFTA: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC DELIVERS QUARTERLY [...] On April 4 the Dominican Minister of Industry and Commerce signed off on the January 2005 report on enforcement measures against broadcast piracy agreed in the side letter to the regional free trade agreement (CAFTA) and his staff delivered the text to the Embassy on April 5. Embassy is faxi [...]	2005-04-05 20:22:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR ETRD KIPR
05SANTODOMINGO1873	DOMINICAN POLITICS #18: JOHN PAUL II AND THE [...] (SBU) Following is #18 in our series on Dominican politics: JOHN PAUL II AND THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC The death of John Paul II has brought no great outpouring of grief in the Dominican Republic, although this is nominally a Catholic nation tied by special Concordat with the Vatican. Many [...]	2005-04-06 17:09:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO1897	DOMINICAN RESPONSE ON WIPO APRIL 11-13 SESSION ON [...] Head of the Dominican Intellectual Property Office Enrique Ramrez told EcoPol Counselor on April 6 that he had attended the WIPO General Assembly last October and voted with others, including the United States, to discuss the Brazilian and Arlgentine proposals, for which the Dominican Republi [...]	2005-04-06 20:51:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR EAID ETRD KIPR
05SANTODOMINGO1927	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EXTRADITES VELAZQUEZ MINYETTY [...] (U) On April 7, 2005, Francis Velazquez Minyetty was extradited from the Dominican Republic to the United States in the company of a U.S. Marshal. Velazquez Minyetty, nicknamed the "King of Ecstasy", is wanted to stand trial in the Southern District of New York to stand trial on federal nar [...]	2005-04-08 11:46:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN KCRM SNAR KJUS DR
05SANTODOMINGO1929	DOMINICAN POLITICS #20: OPPOSITION PRD STRUGGLES [...] (SBU) This is #20 in our current series on politics in the Dominican Republic: The Opposition PRD Struggles for a Comeback The Great Revival - - - - - - - - - The main opposition Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD),tied up in factional and personal recriminations since losing office [...]	2005-04-08 11:49:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR DR
05SANTODOMINGO1971	NEW DOMINICAN EXTRADITION PROCESS RETURNS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Two fugitives have been returned to the United States under the new Dominican extradition process. The Penal Chamber of the Supreme Court issued lengthy opinions in both cases, setting non-binding but advisory precedents that bode well for future extradition cases. Additionally [...]	2005-04-08 20:00:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN KCRM SNAR KJUS PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO1999	DOMINICAN POLITICS #21: PROSPECTS FOR CAFTA [...] (SBU) Following is # 21 in our series on the politics of Leonel Fernandez's first year: Summary. The various players in the decision process for the CAFTA regional free trade agreement all know that ratification is necessary as soon as the U. S. Congress approves implementing legislation. [...]	2005-04-11 21:52:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PGOV PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO2005	EMBASSY SANTO DOMINGO HELPS MOVE CUBAN DISSIDENT [...] With the help of the International Organization for Migration (IOM),Embassy Santo Domingo facilitated the travel of Cuban dissident Mario Clavero through the Dominican Republic April 5-6 to Spain, which had agreed to grant him political asylum. 2. Clavero, a human rights advocate in Cuba [...]	2005-04-12 11:07:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF DR CU SP
05SANTODOMINGO2049	CHR 61: BELARUS RESOLUTION - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] (U) Embassy on April 12 delivered reftel demarche to MFA UN/OAS Division chief Michelle Cohen. She undertook to communicate our position on the anticipated no-action motion on the Belarus resolution to Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano, who would decide how the Dominican Republic wou [...]	2005-04-12 21:14:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO2058	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND CHR-61: EUROPEAN [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador approached both the French and the British ambassadors here about helping convince President Fernandez to cast the Dominican vote in favor of the draft resolution on Cuba in CHR-61. The Ambassador noted that, despite his repeated and extensive conversations with F [...]	2005-04-13 17:00:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CU BO DR
05SANTODOMINGO2080	CHR-61: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO VOTE WITH US ON [...] (C) Embassy delivered demarche (paras 5-6 Ref A) to MFA UN/OAS Division Chief Michelle Cohen on April 13, having received telephonic instructions (Ref B) that Santo Domingo had been inadvertently omitted from Ref A addressees. Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano informed us the same day [...]	2005-04-14 00:30:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL BO DR
05SANTODOMINGO2095	DOMINICAN POLITICS # 22: INVESTIGATING HIPOLITO [...] (SBU) This is #22 in our current series on politics in the Dominican Republic: Investigating Hipolito Mejia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Politically motivated Santo Domingo District Attorney Juan Hernandez Peguero would like for the public to expect Hipolito Mejia to go to jail. Her [...]	2005-04-14 17:47:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR DR
05SANTODOMINGO2110	TWO DOMINICANS WAIVE EXTRADITION RIGHTS AND RETURN [...] (U) On April 14, 2005, two fugitives were returned to the United States in the company of a U.S. Marshal. Fugitive Mayobanex de Jesus Adames, ref A, is wanted for sentencing in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on federal narcotics offenses. Elroy Dom [...]	2005-04-14 19:08:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN KCRM SNAR CVIS DR
05SANTODOMINGO2111	DOMINICAN COURT DENIES EXTRADITION REQUEST [...] (U) SUMMARY. On April 8. 2005, the Penal Chamber of the Dominican Supreme Court denied the USG request for extradition for Frank Alvarez. The denial was based on lack of sufficient information to identify the fugitive in court as the person the USG believes to have committed the crime in t [...]	2005-04-14 19:08:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CJAN KJUS SNAR PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO2118	DOMINICAN FUGITIVE REQUESTED IN EXTRADITION [...] (U) This cable contains and action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (U) The Dominican National Directorate for Drug Control (DNCD) informed Embassy-Santo Domingo that fugitive Christian Toribio, ref A, wanted to stand trial in Kings County, New York on murder, assault and firearms charges, [...]	2005-04-14 20:53:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN KCRM SNAR DR
05SANTODOMINGO2164	DOMINICAN POLITICS #23 - PROFESSOR LEONEL TEACHES [...] (SBU) Following is #23 in our series on Dominican politics in the first year of the Fernandez administration. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Professor Leonel Teaches Law and Politics - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Santo Domingo's District Attorney Jose Manuel Hernandez Peguero, was calle [...]	2005-04-19 14:17:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KJUS DR
05SANTODOMINGO2174	CHR-61: GUANTANAMO RESOLUTION - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-19 14:46:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL DR CU
05SANTODOMINGO2209	THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND HUGO CHAVEZ OF VENEZUELA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Venezuela and the Dominican Republic have close historical ties; during Trujillo's dictatorship, many Dominicans got help from Venezuela or lived there in political exile. Hugo Chavez has been in active contact with the Dominican Republic, agreeing to concessional financing for [...]	2005-04-20 17:37:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PINR PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO2250	COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] Embassy delivered reftel points April 18 and, after daily followups, obtained response April 21. Vice Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano will represent the Dominican Republic at the Community of Democracies Ministerial in Santiago, since Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso plans to be in [...]	2005-04-21 21:09:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO2425	DOMINICAN FUGITIVE WOUNDS OFFICER AND IS SHOT DEAD [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) On April 24, 2005, Dominican extradition fugitive Jose Pimentel opened fire on agents from the Dominican National Directorate for Drug Control (DNCD) attempting to arrest him pursuant to an arrest order issued based o [...]	2005-04-28 20:14:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CJAN KCRM KJUS SNAR DR
05SANTODOMINGO2448	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC SHUTS DOWN TELEVISION STATION [...] On April 27 the District Attorney's Office raided the headquarters of Dominican television station Virus, located in Santiago, the country's second largest city. Officials confiscated four hard drives containing video material along with hardware necessary for the station to broadcast. Virus [...]	2005-04-29 19:19:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD EINV DR
05SANTODOMINGO2456	BAN ON LIGHTERS DEMARCHE DELIVERED - DOMINICAN [...] On March 10, Embassy delivered guidelines on ban of lighters on flights to, from and within the U.S. to the Director General of Civil Aviation, the Director of Airports, the head of Dominican airport security and the managers of all international airports in the Dominican Republic. 2. San [...]	2005-04-29 19:55:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PTER DR
05SANTODOMINGO2574	DEMARCHE TO CAFTA-DR PRESIDENTS DELIVERED [...] The Ambassador called on President Fernandez on April 29 to advise him of the invitation. Fernandez accepted immediately. In subsequent conversations with the Ambassador, Fernandez has confirmed his acceptance of the White House invitation to do CAFTA events in New York and Washington. He l [...]	2005-05-06 15:01:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR ECON ETRD XK
05SANTODOMINGO2576	POLICY POINTS; WASHINGTON VISIT OF DOMINICAN [...] (C) Dominican President Leonel Fernandez travels May 11-12 to Washington for the first time since his August 2004 inauguration. The USG and regional focus of the event is the CAFTA free trade agreement now under consideration in the U.S. Congress. For Fernandez, however, the visit is much more: [...]	2005-05-06 15:27:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP ETRD DR
05SANTODOMINGO2579	SANTO DOMINGO 2005 IPR PROJECT PROPOSAL FOR [...] Santo Domingo requests USD 6,500funding to bring two IPR enforcement experts to the Dominican Republic for separate two-day training sessions for enforcement authorities charged with combating television broadcast piracy and pharmaceutical patent piracy. These experts would also be used for o [...]	2005-05-06 17:20:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ECON EFIN DR
05SANTODOMINGO2614	OAS WORKING GROUP ON RACISM - FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (SBU) On April 5 the Ambassador discussed with Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso U.S. views (reftel) on proposals for an Inter-American Convention on Racism. Morales Troncoso agreed there was no reason to negotiate an additional instrument on racism and said he would speak with his MFA [...]	2005-05-06 20:53:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL AORC DR
05SANTODOMINGO2615	ENCOURAGING SUPPORT FOR IRAQ TRANSITIONAL [...] (SBU) Embassy on April 29 provided reftel talking points as a non-paper to MFA Africa-Middle East Director Jose Juan Hernandez Cimadevilla and on May 3 emphasized our request that the Dominican Republic, as a member of the coalition, issue a statement of support for the Iraq Transitional Gove [...]	2005-05-06 21:25:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL DR IZ
05SANTODOMINGO2622	DOMINICAN SENATE AND AGRICULTURE GROUP ASK [...] On May 6, 20 of the 32 Dominican senators voted and published a resolution declaring the urgent need to pass legislation granting local industry assistance to compensate for expected losses to help compete under the CAFTA, a regional free trade agreement with the United States. The resolutio [...]	2005-05-09 20:33:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETRD PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO2636	DOMINICAN POLITICS #25: FERNANDEZ'S SPECIAL [...] (SBU) Following is #25 in our series on the first year of the Fernandez administration: Fernandez's Special Briefing Before Visiting the United States - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Last week U.S. academic Howard Wiarda of the University of Georgia became Leonel Ferna [...]	2005-05-10 11:12:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO2648	DOMINICAN SENATE AND AGRICULTURE GROUP ASK [...] On May 6, 20 of the 32 Dominican senators voted and published a resolution declaring the urgent need to pass legislation granting local industry assistance to compensate for expected losses to help compete under the CAFTA, a regional free trade agreement with the United States. The resolutio [...]	2005-05-10 15:57:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETRD PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO2727	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EXTRADITES TWO FUGITIVES TO THE [...] (U) On May 12, 2005, Jose Trinidad and Freddy Ignacio Velez Rodriguez were extradited from the Dominican Republic to the United States in the company of a U.S. Marshal. Trinidad is wanted for sentencing in the Eastern District of New York, where he pled guilty to fraud involving US $6 millio [...]	2005-05-13 11:12:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN KJUS SNAR DR
05SANTODOMINGO2751	DOMINICAN POLITICS #26: CHANGE IN THE WIND FOR [...] (SBU) Following is number 26 in our series on Leonel Fernandez's first year in office: Change in the Wind for CAFTA - DR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - For the first time Leonel Fernandez,s administration appears to be moving to take an active hand in shaping public [...]	2005-05-13 21:58:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL PGOV DR
05SANTODOMINGO2752	DOMINICAN FUGITIVE WAIVES EXTRADITION RIGHTS, [...] (U) On May 14, 2005, fugitive Ramon Cabral Veras was returned to the United States' territory of Puerto Rico in the company of a U.S. Marshal. Cabral Veras is wanted by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to stand trial on charges of embezzlement. He is charged in three separate complaints of [...]	2005-05-16 12:48:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CJAN KCRM SNAR
05SANTODOMINGO2797	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: RENEWAL OF USDA/SEA [...] Summary. On April 26, 2005, USDA renewed their bilateral Cooperative Agreement with the Dominican Republic (DR) Department of Agriculture (SEA) for a second five-year period. This is the second USDA Bilateral Agreement signed by the Fernandez Administration. The purpose of the Cooperative A [...]	2005-05-18 14:09:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON
05SANTODOMINGO2819	DOMINICAN REPATRIATIONS TO HAITI HAVE ENDED [...] (U) Summary. The Dominican government has suspended the rounding up and deportation of undocumented Haitian immigrants from the northern border area, following conflicts and threats of mob action in the town of Hatillo Mayor, Montecristi Province. Operations were carried out under supervis [...]	2005-05-19 11:06:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM PGOV DR HA
05SANTODOMINGO2829	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC--BLUE LANTERN APPLICATION [...] Per reftel request EconOff visited HiRel Systems International, LLC (HRSI) in the San Isidro Free Trade Zone of Santo Domingo. The company is a fully-owned subsidiary company of HiRel Systems International of the United States. EconOff met with General Manager Domingo Gonzalez who has headed [...]	2005-05-19 20:04:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC DR
05SANTODOMINGO285	DOMINICAN FM RESPONSE ON PROPOSED ANNOUNCEMENT OF [...] In response to Charge's telephone call on USG intentions to announce support for the OAS SYGEN candidacy of Francisco Flores, Dominican Foreign Minister Morales Troncoso confirmed Dominican support for Flores. He has asked for the date of the proposed announcement at the OAS by A/S Noriega an [...]	2005-01-19 19:59:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC DR
05SANTODOMINGO287	SEMI-ANNUAL REQUEST FOR NAMES, TITLES AND CONTACT [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-19 20:47:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR PGOV PINR PREL
05SANTODOMINGO2938	OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY: COMPOSITION OF DELEGATIONS - [...] In response to Embassy's inquiries per reftel, the MFA on May 18 informed us of the principals who will comprise the Dominican Republic's delegation to the OASGA in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, June 5-7. MFA indicated there might be later additions to this list and also promised to provide the delegat [...]	2005-05-24 21:59:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL DR OAS
05SANTODOMINGO2972	ILO FISCAL RESTRAINT, CUBAN CANDIDACY - DOMINICAN [...] Embassy on May 25 provided Ref A-B talking points in Spanish to MFA UN-OAS Director Michelle Cohen, emphasizing the importance of fiscal restraint in the proposed ILO budget for 2006-2007 and U.S. preference for Barbados over Cuba as the Caribbean candidate for the ILO Governing Body. The same [...]	2005-05-25 22:12:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB DR AORC PREL CU BB

05SANTODOMINGO2973	UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY NEGOTIATIONS - DOMINICAN [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-25 22:17:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD DR SCUL
05SANTODOMINGO3004	DOMINICAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER COMMENTS ON [...] (C) The DCM and econ officer called on Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano in her office, May 23 and discussed the selection of a Deputy Secretary General at the Organization of American States SIPDIS (OAS),repatriations of Haitians, anti-terrorism conventions, racial discrimination [...]	2005-06-01 15:15:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV DR PTER HA OAS
05SANTODOMINGO3024	DOMINICAN POLITICS #27: THE DOMINICAN CATHOLIC [...] (SBU) The following is number 27 in our series on the first year of Leonel Fernandez's administration. The Dominican Catholic Church - Avuncular, Activist, and Trusted Like many countries in Latin America, the Dominican Republic has a nominally Roman Catholic majority. For 500 years the [...]	2005-06-02 18:24:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR PREL SOCI
05SANTODOMINGO3045	OAS SECRETARY GENERAL INSULZA ON DEMOCRACY AND [...] OAS Secretary General Jos Miguel Insulza spoke last night, June 2, to the annual conference participants of the Caribbean Studies Association, held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Diplomats and other guests invited the event organized by President Fernndez,s think-tank, the Foundation [...]	2005-06-06 11:06:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OAS
05SANTODOMINGO3082	DOMINICAN FUGITIVE WAIVES EXTRADITION RIGHTS, [...] (U) On June 2, 2005, Felix Madera was returned to the United States in the company of a U.S. Marshal. Madera is wanted for sentencing in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey on federal narcotics offenses. 2. (U) Madera was arrested by the Dominican National Direc [...]	2005-06-08 11:19:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CJAN CVIS DR KCRM SNAR
05SANTODOMINGO3089	DOMINICAN SUPPORT AT WORLD CUSTOMS ORGANIZATION [...] Dominican Customs Director General Miguel Cocco received EcoPol counselor on June 7 for a wide-ranging discussion of customs cooperation and said that he would be issuing explicit directions to Dominican ambassador in Brussels Federico Cuello to support U.S. initiatives at the June meeting of [...]	2005-06-08 17:16:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD DR AORC
05SANTODOMINGO3092	TWO DOMINICAN FUGITIVES WAIVE EXTRADITION RIGHTS, [...] (U) On June 7, 2005, twin brothers Jean Paul Ulloa and Luis David Ulloa were returned to the United States in the company of a U.S. Marshal and DEA agent. Both brothers are wanted to stand trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on conspiracy charges related t [...]	2005-06-08 18:17:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN KCRM SNAR CVIS DR
05SANTODOMINGO3121	DOMINICAN POLITICS #28: VENEZUELA CHANGES TERMS ON [...] (SBU) This is #28 in our series of political reports on Leonel Fernandez's first year in office. Bolivarian Oil Dealing Gets Expensive - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Venezuela has abruptly demanded that the Dominican Republic agree to deliveries of petroleum on Venezuelan ships. T [...]	2005-06-09 19:22:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETRD PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO3147	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC CONVICTS TRAFFICKING FELONS, [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant Attorney General Frank Soto, who coordinates the Dominican Government's anti-TIP efforts, provided details of the Dominican Republic's first convictions of traffickers under a 2003 anti-TIP law, in a May 20 court decision published June 2. Soto expressed disappointme [...]	2005-06-10 16:57:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM DR KWMN SMIG PREL
05SANTODOMINGO3158	DOMINICAN DEPORTATIONS OF HAITIANS - DEEPLY ROOTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Repatriations of Haitians ceased after the May 9-12 round-ups and expulsion of about 1800 persons from the northwestern border areas, but conditions there remain largely unchanged. On June 6 vengeful Dominicans attacked sleeping Haitians in the same area, prompting further pa [...]	2005-06-10 20:55:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV DR HA
05SANTODOMINGO3161	CUBA: REVIEW OF SUSPENSION OF LIBERTAD ACT TITLE [...] (SBU) Summary: Subsequent to the inauguration of the administration of President Leonel Fernandez last year, the Dominican Republic shifted its vote on the Cuba resolution at the annual UN Human Rights Committee meeting from "yes" (with the United States) in 2004 to "abstain" in 2005. However [...]	2005-06-13 11:06:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	CU ETTC DR PREL SMIG EINV ETRD
05SANTODOMINGO3177	DOMINICANS KEYED UP ABOUT QUIRINO NARCOTRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) The following report was posted on our SIPRNET site on June 13. QUIRINO - THE CASE THAT KEEPS ON GIVING (SBU) The two Assistant U.S. Attorneys prosecuting the Quirino Paulino Castillo (Quirino) narcotics trafficking case in the Southern District of New York spent two and a half da [...]	2005-06-14 15:27:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	CJAN PGOV KCRM SNAR DR
05SANTODOMINGO3199	AMBASSADOR BRINGS TOGETHER DOMINICAN PRESIDENT AND [...] (SBU) At the Ambassador's initiative, Dominican President Leonel Fernandez convened a meeting at the presidential palace on Tuesday evening, June 14, with the presidents of the Dominican Senate and House, mediator Monsignor. Agripino Nunez of the Catholic PUCMM university, the Ambassador and [...]	2005-06-15 20:17:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PGOV EFIN DR CAFTA
05SANTODOMINGO3228	DOMINICAN POLITICS #29: OPPOSITION PRD PICKS NEW [...] (SBU) This is #29 in our series of reports on political events of Leonel Fernandez's first year in office. PRD Picks New President, Secretary General, and other Leadership Posts - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The main opposition Dominican Rev [...]	2005-06-16 22:23:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV DR
05SANTODOMINGO3229	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES LPG SUBSIDY TO [...] In a dry presentation broadcast over the government,s television station late on June 14, Dominican President Leonel Fernandez announced the continuation without change of liquid propane gas (LPG) subsidies of 17.29 Dominican pesos per gallon (about USD 60 cents). Those benefiting are househ [...]	2005-06-16 23:02:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ENRG ETRD DR
05SANTODOMINGO3230	THREE DOMINICANS WAIVE EXTRADITION RIGHTS, RETURN [...] (U) On June 16, 2005, three fugitives were returned to the United States in the company of U.S. Marshals. Jose Abel Burdiez de Leon is wanted to stand trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on conspiracy to launder money derived from unlawful activity (narcoti [...]	2005-06-17 11:10:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN CVIS SNAR DR
05SANTODOMINGO3345	DOMINICAN POLITICS #30: BIG PICTURE CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (SBU) This is #30 in our series of political reports on Leonel Fernandez's first year in office. BIG PICTURE CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dominican Senate President Andres Bautista convened a conference on June 15 on "Constitutional Reform" with invited exper [...]	2005-06-23 20:53:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV DR
05SANTODOMINGO3349	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CERTIFICATION OF FIRST MANGO [...] (Summary) On June 4, 2005, USDA/APHIS certified the first mango hot water treatment (HWT) facility in the Dominican Republic (DR). On June 9, the first shipment of mangoes was successfully exported to New York, under the supervision of an APHIS TDY Officer as part of an APHIS Preclearance (PC [...]	2005-06-23 20:54:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR EAGR ETRD CAFTA
05SANTODOMINGO3350	MDA DEMARCHE: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WILL SUPPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-23 20:54:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IS SZ PREL PREF PHUM
05SANTODOMINGO3363	UNESCO BIOETHICS DECLARATION: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] Embassy delivered reftel demarche twice to the MFA's UN/OAS division, on June 10 and 15. After repeated followup, we were told on June 22 the U.S. views had been communicated to the appropriate authorities. However, as of June 24 the division had no substantive response; Embassy believes th [...]	2005-06-24 19:41:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO DR
05SANTODOMINGO3364	U.S. CANDIDACY FOR THE WHO EXECUTIVE BOARD: [...] Embassy delivered reftel diplomatic note to the MFA on June 20-21. On June 22 (and again on June 24),UN/OAS affairs deputy division chief Rhadys Abreu de Polanco informed us that she had requested the views of the Dominican Republic's health authorities. We will follow up, emphasize the im [...]	2005-06-24 19:42:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC DR PREL
05SANTODOMINGO3365	UNSCR 1540 - DEMARCHE TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] Santo Domingo Embassy on June 20 and again on June 15 delivered reftel demarche to MFA's UN/OAS affairs division. We inquired about the reasons for the Dominican Republic's delay in delivering its report under the resolution and asked whether the government might require technical assistance [...]	2005-06-24 19:43:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO3369	DOMINICAN POLITICS #31: POSITIONING TO RATIFY [...] (SBU) This is #31 in our series of political reports on Leonel Fernandez's first year in office. Positioning to Ratify CAFTA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The question is no longer whether the Dominicans will ratify the free trade agreement, but when -- whether they can manage to do so whi [...]	2005-06-24 22:24:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ETRD PREL DR CAFTA
05SANTODOMINGO3370	U.S. TAXPAYERS WILL LOSE MONEY IN DOMINICAN AFPS [...] (SBU) The USG should not invest in Dominican pension funds (AFPs - Administradoras de Fondos de Pensiones) because the likelihood of losing the funds due to fraud and corruption is extremely high. Based on the current state of affairs in the Dominican Republic, Embassy Santo Domingo strongl [...]	2005-06-27 11:08:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT KJUS PGOV DR
05SANTODOMINGO3381	THREE DOMINICAN FUGITIVES RETURNED TO THE UNITED [...] (U) On June 24, 2005, three fugitives were returned to the United States in the company of U.S. Marshals. Juan Rincon is wanted to stand trial in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York, on murder, kidnapping, unlawful imprisonment, burglary and conspiracy offenses, re [...]	2005-06-27 17:55:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN KJUS SNAR DR
05SANTODOMINGO3391	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ CALLS ON CONGRESS TO [...] During his weekly television address to the nation on Sunday night June 26, President Leonel Fernandez argued strongly in support of CAFTA, urging the Dominican Congress to ratify the trade agreement as soon as possible for the benefit of all Dominican people. The speech showed a clear change [...]	2005-06-28 11:11:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PGOV DR CAFTA
05SANTODOMINGO3400	SUBJECT: SOD OPERATIONS MOTORCAINE, MELLISOS AND [...] (SBU) The Santo Domingo Country Office (SDCO),New York Division Group T-42 and the Dominican National Directorate for Drug Control (DNCD) Sensitive Investigative Unit (SIU) has been investigating the drug trafficking activities of Quirino Ernesto PAULINO-Castillo, AKA EL DON, Luis Eduardo ROD [...]	2005-06-28 19:32:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR
05SANTODOMINGO3408	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ DISCUSSES CHAVEZ [...] (C) Summary. Dominican President Leonel Fernandez says that though his relation with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez remains warm, Chavez shrugs off Fernandez's advice to pursue moderation. Fernandez says he and other Latin American leaders see Chavez as out of touch intellectually with gl [...]	2005-06-29 14:28:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	SECRET	PREL EPET DR
05SANTODOMINGO3434	DOMINICAN POLITICS #32: PLD'S LONG CONGRESS MOVES [...] (SBU) This is #32 in our series of political reports on Leonel Fernandez's first year in office. PLD's Long Congress Moves Into End-Game - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Though founder Juan Bosch is dead and gone, the Partido de Liberacion Dominicana of President Fernandez retain [...]	2005-07-01 14:18:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV DR
05SANTODOMINGO3443	DOMINICANS PLAY PETROCARIBE FOR MAXIMUM ADVANTAGE [...] (SBU) Summary. Dominican President Leonel Fernandez came home from the "Petrocaribe" summit of June 27-28 with Venezuelan promises of more than USD 100 million cash financing for rural infrastructure projects, terms for oil financing more favorable that last November's "Caracas Accord," and [...]	2005-07-01 21:15:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL DR ENRG EFIN
05SANTODOMINGO3444	DOMINICAN FUGITIVE RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES [...] (U) On July 1, 2005, Dominican fugitive Rocque Rodriguez Gonzalez was returned to the United States in the company of a U.S. Marshal. Rodriguez Gonzalez is wanted to stand trial in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on charges that he conspired to distrib [...]	2005-07-01 21:17:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN CVIS SNAR KJUS DR
05SANTODOMINGO3446	FAO/WHO CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION - U.S. [...] Embassy officer delivered reftel demarche and curriculum vitae of the U.S. candidate for vice-chair of the Codex Alimentarius Commission to MFA UN/OAS affairs division chief Michelle Cohen on July 1, pointing out that the election will occur during the July 4-9 meeting. Cohen undertook to pr [...]	2005-07-04 17:46:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD AORC
05SANTODOMINGO3447	FOOD AID AND THE WTO: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] Embassy on July 1 delivered reftel demarche to MFA UN/OAS division chief Michelle Cohen and counselor for OAS affairs Johanna Mendelson and left para 8 points as a non-paper, in Spanish translation. Cohen undertook to inform the ministries of industry and commerce -- which is involved in WTO [...]	2005-07-05 11:17:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR ETRD DR
05SANTODOMINGO3524	DOMINICAN POLITICS #33: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC -- AS A [...] (SBU) The following is number 33 in our series on the first year of Leonel Fernandez's administration. Does the sum of the parts add up? Or has the journal "Foreign Policy" lost its mind? A comment from an Embassy colleague, July 5: I arrived home last night after two weeks of leave. O [...]	2005-07-07 18:49:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR PGOV
05SANTODOMINGO3545	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: PUBLIC SECTOR DOCTORS ANNOUNCE [...] SUMMARY. The public-sector doctors' union announced last week a plan to go on strike, demanding a 100 percent salary increases from the government. The strike, scheduled to take place July 11-15, will make number 15 for the union since January 2004. But the authorities are prepared to stand [...]	2005-07-08 15:43:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV DR PREL
05SANTODOMINGO355	PROJECT PROPOSAL - ANTI-TIP POLICE DEPARTMENT [...] SUMMARY. The Dominican Republic was placed on the Tier 2 Watchlist in the Department's 2004 TIP report. Among the principal shortcomings cited was that the government "lacks effective law enforcement" to combat TIP. The Embassy has consistently sought to increase the government's capacity to [...]	2005-01-26 14:21:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PHUM DR
05SANTODOMINGO3556	CORRECTED COPY: DOMINICAN POLITICS #33: DOMINICAN [...] (SBU) The following is number 33 in our series on the first year of Leonel Fernandez's administration. Does the sum of the parts add up? Or has the journal "Foreign Policy" lost its mind? A comment from an Embassy colleague, July 5: I arrived home last night after two weeks of leave. O [...]	2005-07-11 13:05:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR PGOV
05SANTODOMINGO3564	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - USITC BIENNIAL CARIBBEAN [...] This cable is in response to the USITC's request for the 2004 Caribbean Basin Investment Survey. According to the Dominican Export and Investment Center, foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Dominican Republic in 2004 totaled USD 650 million, down from USD 1.01 billion in 2003. Investment i [...]	2005-07-12 11:14:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ECON ETRD OTRA XL EFIN DR
05SANTODOMINGO3576	G-4 FRAMEWORK RESOLUTION ON UN REFORM: DOMINICAN [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-12 15:58:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO3582	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND VIETNAM ESTABLISH [...] (SBU) Summary: The Dominican Republic and Vietnam announced the establishment of diplomatic relations here on July 7, and a visiting Vietnamese delegation discussed possibilities for increased trade, investment, and cultural relations. The visitors scored a modest success on their first try, [...]	2005-07-12 17:06:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD EINV VM DR CH
05SANTODOMINGO3677	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: LOCAL USE OF GEOGRAPHICAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-19 19:29:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KIPR OTRA DR
05SANTODOMINGO3678	DOMINICAN RESPONSE TO REQUEST ON INFO FOR MINISTER [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-19 19:30:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAIR ELTN EWWT XM XL CA
05SANTODOMINGO370	DOMINICAN ATTORNEY GENERAL JAILS [...] Dominican Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito had accused alien smuggler Congressman Guillermo Radhames Ramos Garcia arrested at 7 a.m. on January 13, the first day that the House was no longer in session. Bailiffs delivered him to Najayo jail on January 13 to await his next trial date, [...]	2005-01-26 17:21:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PGOV DR
05SANTODOMINGO3721	DOMINICAN BANKING SERIES # 8 - DOMINICAN FAILED [...] (U) This is number 8 in a series of cables on the Dominican bank failures of 2003. This cable contains an action request, please see paragraphs 7 and 12. Baninter, Banco Mercantil and Bancredito - legal case status on the banks that broke the Dominican Republic 2. For the first time i [...]	2005-07-21 20:32:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR EFIN KJUS PGOV PREL
05SANTODOMINGO3722	NOMINATION TO REGIONAL WORKER RIGHTS SEMINAR [...] Embassy nominates Neda Brown, a political officer with labor reporting responsibilities, and Bolivar Abreu, Economic-Political Section assistant, to attend the WHA Regional Worker Rights Seminar to be held in Lima, Peru on 8-9 September 2005. 2. Neda Brown began a one year rotational assign [...]	2005-07-22 12:23:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB OTRA DR
05SANTODOMINGO3723	CORRECTED COPY DOMINICAN BANKING SERIES # 8 - [...] (U) This is number 8 in a series of cables on the Dominican bank failures of 2003. This cable contains an action request, please see paragraphs 7 and 12. Sensitive but unclassified, entire text. Baninter, Banco Mercantil and Bancredito - legal case status on the banks that broke the Dom [...]	2005-07-22 14:58:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR EFIN KJUS PGOV PREL
05SANTODOMINGO3732	DOMINICAN FUGITIVE WAIVES EXTRADITION RIGHTS, [...] (U) On July 19, 2005, Jose Luis Severino Concepcion was returned to the United States in the company of a U.S. Marshal. Severino Concepcion is wanted to stand trial in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia on federal narcotics offenses. 2. (U) Severino Concepcion wa [...]	2005-07-22 17:31:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CJAN CVIS DR KCRM SNAR
05SANTODOMINGO3791	DOMINICAN BEACH WATERS: STUDY FINDS HIGH LEVELS OF [...] An ecological study of Dominican beaches conducted in 2004 by Direccon de Calidad Ambiental de la Secretaria de Medio Ambiente (Directorate of Environmental Quality of the Secretariat of the Environment) found that many coastal SIPDIS waters contain high levels of fecal residue. Bacterial [...]	2005-07-26 19:40:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR ETRD PGOV SENV
05SANTODOMINGO3820	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REACTS TO DR-CAFTA APPROVAL [...] Summary: In the hours after the U.S. House of Representatives voted to approve DR-CAFTA implementing legislation, Dominican reactions indicate that the vote has dispelled any doubts about U.S. ability to implement DR-CAFTA and may have improved prospects for Dominican ratification. End summ [...]	2005-07-29 00:16:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL DR PGOV CAFTA
05SANTODOMINGO3827	G-4 FRAMEWORK RESOLUTION: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] (SBU) Embassy provided Ref A talking points to MFA UN/OAS division chief Michelle Cohen on July 27, on defeating the G-4 framework resolution on UN reform. She has informed us that there has been a "new element" since the previous Embassy discussion of the issue with the MFA on July 8 (Ref B). [...]	2005-08-01 12:03:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL DR UNGA
05SANTODOMINGO3828	UN REFORM: DEMARCHES TO THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-01 12:03:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	KUNR PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO3829	COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL [...] The Ambassador delivered reftel talking points on the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT) to Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso on July 14. He expressed his general support for counterterrorism efforts, but said the MFA would need to study this proposal before taki [...]	2005-08-01 12:03:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER DR UNGA
05SANTODOMINGO3864	DOMINICAN BANKING #9 -- MEJIA SAYS "BANKING FRAUD" [...] (SBU) This is number 9 in a series of cables on consequences of the Dominican bank failures of 2003. Dominican Banking Series #9 -- Mejia Says It Right Out Loud: "Banking Fraud" More than a year of virtual silence on Dominican banking frauds has ended with Hipolito Mejia's erudite, detail [...]	2005-08-02 19:37:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR EFIN KJUS PGOV PREL
05SANTODOMINGO3877	DOMINICAN POLITICS #34: PRESIDENTS DO "SUMMIT" [...] (U) Following is number 34 in our series on Leonel Fernandez's first year in office: Dominican &Summit8 -- LF and HM Pledge to Support CAFTA-DR (U) On the morning of August 2 President Fernandez and former president Hipolito Mejia met for breakfast at the residence of catholic university [...]	2005-08-03 20:51:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV ETRD DR CAFTA
05SANTODOMINGO3878	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: GAINING SUPPORT FOR USG [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-03 22:05:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM DR PREL UNGA
05SANTODOMINGO3890	SPEAKING OUT ON GITMO: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] The Ambassador communicated reftel points to Dominican Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso on August 3. The Foreign Minister expressed support for the USG view. HERTELL [...]	2005-08-04 19:22:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KPAO PGOV PREL
05SANTODOMINGO3898	MANPADS CONTROL AND SECURITY GUIDELINES - [...] (S/NF) Summary: There are no MANPADS in the weapons inventories of the armed forces of the Dominican Republic, nor are any known to exist within the country. The Dominican Government does have import)export controls on arms purchases, but high levels of corruption call into question the effe [...]	2005-08-05 12:34:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM MASS EAIR ETTC PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO3929	(C) DIALOGUE WITH TAIWAN ON PRC WHA ACTIVITIES [...] (C) Taiwan's ambassador to the Dominican Republic John Feng welcomes informal contact and has readily commented to us upon various visits of PRC officials during the first year of the Fernandez administration. This cordial arrangement works well for us and we see no need to make it more formal [...]	2005-08-08 19:15:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON EFIN EMIN ENRG ETRD ETTC PHUM
05SANTODOMINGO3930	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 2005 INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] This cable provides the 2005 Investment Disputes and Expropriation Claims Report for the Dominican Republic. 2. The United States Government is presently aware of 18 claims (including 5 new ones for 2005) by U.S. persons/entities against the Government of the Dominican Republic (GODR). The [...]	2005-08-08 19:27:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC DR EFIN KIDE PGOV EINV
05SANTODOMINGO3938	ORGANIC MOVEMENT ATTRACTS COFFEE PRODUCERS [...] (U) The following was posted on the Embassy's classified website on June 21: Organic Movement Attracts Coffee Producers - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hoy newspaper carried in its weekly economic section on June 12 the title "More Coffeegrowers Join the Boom, in Organic Coffee [...]	2005-08-09 18:50:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR ECON EAGR
05SANTODOMINGO3941	REGISTRATION FOR DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-09 19:30:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR OTRA PHUM
05SANTODOMINGO3946	DOMINICAN POLITICS #35: PRD OUTLINES THE FUTURE [...] (SBU) Following is number 35 in our series on Leonel Fernandez's first year in office: PRD Decision Makers Outline the Future Senate vice president Cesar "Yayo" Matias and three of his senatorial colleagues invited the political officer to lunch on August 5, along with PRD student leader [...]	2005-08-09 20:05:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR ETRD PGOV
05SANTODOMINGO3971	DOMINICAN POLITICS #37: LEONEL FERNANDEZ AND [...] (SBU) Following is number 37 in our series on Leonel Fernandez's first year in office: Leonel Fernandez and "Failed States" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The "Failed States Index" published in the July/August issue of Foreign Policy provoked a torrent of commentary in the Dominican [...]	2005-08-11 17:24:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO3978	DOMINICAN TAX REFORM DRAWS NEAR [...] (U) The Dominican Technical Secretary,s office announced yesterday that government and industry has reached preliminary agreement on a fiscal reform package, tied to ratification of DR-CAFTA. If accurate, this clears the way for Congress to consider and approve both pieces of legislation as e [...]	2005-08-11 21:04:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR EFIN ETRD PGOV
05SANTODOMINGO4036	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: COAL PLANTS? NOT ANY TIME [...] President Fernandez abruptly put on hold the idea of acquiring two coal-fired generating plants, only days after Radhames Segura, President of the Dominican Corporation of Electricity (CDEEE),gave an upbeat two-hour presentation on the immediate future of coal production. With ongoing sporad [...]	2005-08-19 20:13:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR ENRG ETRD
05SANTODOMINGO4038	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: VISIT OF USTR REPRESENTATIVE [...] Summary: Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Environment and Natural Resources Mara M. Burr, described U.S. policy and procedures to Central American and Dominican trade and environment officials meeting at a conference on Environmental Sustainable Development, August 11-13. In mee [...]	2005-08-19 21:15:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR ETRD SENV USTR
05SANTODOMINGO4041	DOMINICANS INVITED TO SIGN PETROCARIBE ACCORD BY [...] (U) Venezuelan ambassador Francisco Belisario Landis told the press on August 16 that he had delivered to the Dominican MFA copies in English and Spanish of the "Petrocaribe" agreement, with an invitation to come to Caracas by August 23 for a signing ceremony. He was emphatic about Venezuel [...]	2005-08-19 21:15:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PREL DR EFIN
05SANTODOMINGO4096	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ REQUESTS MEETING [...] On August MFA Deputy Minister Alejandra Liriano asked the DCM to convey a request that the Secretary agree to receive President Leonel Fernandez during his visit September 12-13 to Washington and New York. Fernandez will be in Washington on September 12 for a 5 pm event arranged by the Inter [...]	2005-08-25 18:20:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO4097	DOMINICAN DEPUTY MFA ON AUG28 CHAVEZ SOCIAL [...] (SBU) On August 23 Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandro Liriano listened carefully to DCM's delivery of talking points concerning the Venezuelan initiative to exert control the OAS Social Charter undertaking. Liriano replied that the Dominicans are sending to the event their newly appointed ambas [...]	2005-08-25 18:27:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	XL KSUM SOCI DR OAS
05SANTODOMINGO4104	SANTO DOMINGO: CHINESE ACTIVITIES IN DOMINICAN [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-26 13:04:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL ETRD ETTC EINV ENRG EAGR EFIN PHUM EMIN CH
05SANTODOMINGO4145	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC UPDATE ON WORST FORMS OF CHILD [...] This cable is in response to ref A request for an update on worst forms of child labor in the Dominican Republic. The 2004 Child Labor Information Update from Santo Domingo (ref B) remains current, with the following additional information. 2. On October 17, 2004, the new Code for Protect [...]	2005-08-30 19:47:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI DR
05SANTODOMINGO4173	DOMINICANS RECEIVE DEMARCHE ON SUMMIT OF THE [...] EcoPol counselor and poloff raised reftel points on August 31 with MFA Director for International Affairs Amb. Michele Cohen, stressing particularly USG concern that issues of democracy,governance and free trade are inadequately covered. Cohen had no immediate reply but undertook to consult [...]	2005-09-01 14:58:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	KSUM ECON PGOV
05SANTODOMINGO4174	DOMINICANS DEMARCHED ON COORDINATION OF ELECTORAL [...] EcoPol counselor and poloff delivered demarche to MFA Director of International Affairs Michele Cohen on August 31, emphasizing Canadian points of contact for electoral observation missions. Cohen appeared to believe that the Dominican government would not be providing observers. KUBISKE [...]	2005-09-01 15:05:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID HA PREL
05SANTODOMINGO4175	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ON HIGH-LEVEL TRAVEL TO UNGA [...] MFA Director for International Affairs Amb. Michele Cohen told EcoPol counselor and poloff on August 31 that President Fernandez will speak at the UNGA on September 16. Embassy has just received a diplomatic note announcing that Fernandez and Senegalese president Abdoulaye Wade are inviting U [...]	2005-09-01 15:29:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO4196	DOMINICAN PROGRESS ON IMF STAND-BY [...] (SBU) Summary: IMF Regional Director Guy Meredith and Resrep Ousmene Mandeng told DCM and staff on August 24 that things are going generally well for the Dominicans on the macroeconomic side and they foresee no obstacles to completing the combined first and second reviews of the standby. This [...]	2005-09-02 20:43:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV EFIN DR
05SANTODOMINGO4210	DOMINICAN PROJECTS CONSIDERED BY EXIM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Just less than one year after their last visit, Export Import Bank (ExIm) Senior Vice Presidents Jeffrey Miller and John McAdams traveled to Santo Domingo to review debt collection and new projects. Prepared for positive news by optimistic economic reporting in the internation [...]	2005-09-06 20:19:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR ECON EFIN
05SANTODOMINGO4211	DOMINICAN COPYRIGHT OFFICE TALKS TOUGH [...] In April Embassy Santo Domingo reported a raid by the District Attorney's Office on the headquarters of the aptly named Dominican television station "Virus." Virus had been guilty of broadcasting pirated material and officials confiscated equipment from the station, leaving it temporarily una [...]	2005-09-06 20:19:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD EINV DR
05SANTODOMINGO4212	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC IS NOT FOCUSING ON TSUNAMI [...] The Dominican government does not have a tsunami warning system (TWS) and it is unlikely that it will develop one soon. The Dominican National Emergency Commission does not believe tsunamis are a current threat to the Dominican Republic in comparison to hurricanes, flooding, and tornadoes. [...]	2005-09-06 20:22:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC TPHY EAID SENV DR
05SANTODOMINGO4213	DOMINICAN FUGITIVE GARCIA CASTILLOWAIVES [...] (U) On September 2, 2005, U.S. Marshals returned Julio Angel Garcia Castillo to the United States for trial in the US District Court for the District of New Jersey based on a federal indictment charging narcotics offenses. Garcia is alleged to have participated in the movement of multi-kilogr [...]	2005-09-06 20:24:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN DR KCRM SNAR
05SANTODOMINGO4215	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC RATIFIES DR-CAFTA [...] (U) Summary: The Dominican Republic on September 6, in a vote in the lower house of Congress, ratified DR-CAFTA. All that remains are steps expected to occur promptly: A "protocolary act" to be signed by President Fernandez and publication of the DR-CAFTA text in the Official Gazette. The [...]	2005-09-07 11:00:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL DR PGOV CAFTA
05SANTODOMINGO4224	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CENTRAL BANK SAYS NO PRC [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-08 11:01:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD ETTC PREL EFIN XM DR
05SANTODOMINGO4226	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TIP ACTION PLAN DELIVERED [...] On Wednesday August 24, the Charge hosted, at the Embassy, a roundtable discussion on trafficking in persons. The twenty two government and non-government participants included the MFA Ambassador for Women's and Children's Affairs, the Chief of Naval Intelligence, the Assistant Attorney Gener [...]	2005-09-08 19:54:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN OPRC PHUM PREL SMIG DR
05SANTODOMINGO4267	UN SUMMIT OUTCOME DOCUMENT - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-09 22:53:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO4268	DECLARATION ON INNOVATIVE SOURCES OF FINANCING FOR [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-09 22:54:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN EAID DR EFIN EAIR
05SANTODOMINGO4269	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC JOINS PETROCARIBE [...] (C) Summary: A senior Dominican cabinet official says that President Leonel Fernandez and his team resisted pressures from Venezuelan Vice President Vicente Rangel and from Cuba's President Castro and nevertheless secured the generous PETROCARIBE financing deal from Venezuelan President Cha [...]	2005-09-12 11:17:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET DR VE PREL
05SANTODOMINGO4276	SANTO DOMINGO: AVIATION AND MARITIME OFFICER [...] Embassy econ officer responsible for aviation and/or maritime issues, including transportation security, is Jehan Jones. Her office phone number is 809-731-4469; fax number is 809-686-4038; email address is jonesjs2@state.gov for unclassified emails and jonesjs@state.sgov.gov for classified [...]	2005-09-13 12:58:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON
05SANTODOMINGO4277	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): THE DOMINICAN [...] EcoPol counselor and poloff raised the topic of ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention in call August 31 on MFA Director for International Organization Affairs Amb. Michelle Cohen, when urging ratification of various treaties, including several on terrorism and on intellectual proper [...]	2005-09-13 13:18:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR PARM ABUD PTER KTIA
05SANTODOMINGO4292	DOMINICAN FUEL CONSERVATION PLAN DOES LITTLE TO [...] On September 11 Dominican President Leonel Fernandez issued a second, not much improved version of a promised energy conservation plan meant to reassure the country that the government is reacting to the recent sharp rises in gasoline and diesel prices. Instead of imposing modest restrictions [...]	2005-09-14 11:45:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR ENRG EPET ETRD UNGA
05SANTODOMINGO4293	DOMINICAN FUGITIVE RAFAEL FIGUEROA WAIVES [...] (U) On September 9, 2005, U.S. Marshals returned Rafael Figueroa (aka Rafael Antonio Beato Pena) to the United States for trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York based on a sealed federal indictment charging narcotics offenses. 2. (U) Following the issuance of [...]	2005-09-14 11:45:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN DR KCRM SNAR
05SANTODOMINGO4325	DOMINICAN BANKING #10: BANCREDITO CIVIL CASES SENT [...] This is number 10 in a series of cables on consequences of the Dominican bank failures of 2003: Bancredito Civil Cases Sent to Trial - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Nearly two years after the Dominican Central Bank first sought to arrest Manuel Arturo Pellerano for bank fraud, Reviewi [...]	2005-09-16 15:31:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR EFIN KJUS PGOV PREL
05SANTODOMINGO434	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] The following is the Embassy response to reftel. Overview of Human Rights and Democracy in the Dominican Republic and U.S. Strategy 2. The Dominican Republic enjoys a democratically elected government and a robust, multi-party system. Freedom of the press and religion are largely respect [...]	2005-01-28 22:08:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KDEM ELAB KPAO DR
05SANTODOMINGO4378	CIVAIR: MONTREAL CONVENTION - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] On September 9 EcoPol counselor delivered reftel talking points to MFA international organizations director Michelle Cohen and urged that the Dominican Republic ratify the Montreal Convention. Embassy sent a diplomatic note containing the same request on September 13. 2. On September 16 [...]	2005-09-21 22:05:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON DR
05SANTODOMINGO4386	DOMINICAN CUSTOMS SUSPENDS EXPRESS CLEARANCES FOR [...] Summary. A Dominican government initiative to reform customs handling and to institute closer controls against fraud briefly disrupted express courier services to and from the Dominican Republic September 15-20. After exchanging with the government formal commitments to cooperate, three in [...]	2005-09-23 11:18:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV BEXP EFIN KCOR DR
05SANTODOMINGO4387	DOMINICAN POLICE COMMAND AND TRAINING CLOUDED BY [...] (C) Summary: Deputy police chief Brig. Gen. Guzman Fermin (protect source) told DCM on September 19 that Interior and Police Minister Franklin Almeyda is undermining the authority of recently named police chief Gen. Rafael Santana Perez. Guzman warned of problems in the chain of command. Guzma [...]	2005-09-23 11:19:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR VE CU SNAR PGOV KCOR PHUM PREL
05SANTODOMINGO4449	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST - COM CONFERENCE [...] Embassy Santo Domingo requests country clearance for Ms. Jehan Jones to travel to Nassau, The Bahamas from 2-5 October 2005. The purpose of travel is to accompany Ambassador Hans H. Hertell to the Caribbean Regional Chiefs of Mission Conference on HIV/AIDS. Please meet and assist at airport [...]	2005-09-28 19:04:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT DR OTRA
05SANTODOMINGO4473	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING - DR NAVY PATROL BOATS [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-30 18:54:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR EFIN PHUM EXIM
05SANTODOMINGO4479	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: TEXTILE AND APPAREL SECTOR [...] Summary: Textile and apparel production represents an important part of the Dominican Republic's economy. Half of all companies in the Dominican Free Trade Zones (FTZs) are textile and apparel related companies and 98% of all Dominican textile and apparel companies are from the FTZs. In 200 [...]	2005-09-30 20:58:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	KTEX ECON ETRD DR
05SANTODOMINGO4481	TWO CHINAS IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: TAIWAN [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-03 11:09:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR TW CH PREL ETRD EINV
05SANTODOMINGO4496	CHALLENGING CUBA'S CANDIDACY ON ECOSOC - DOMINICAN [...] (C) Ambassador delivered demarche para 4 reftel to Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso on September 28, urging the Dominican Republic to become a candidate for election to ECOSOC in October. Morales said that the Dominican Republic has registered to run for ECOSOC membership in 2007. Thi [...]	2005-10-03 22:24:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	CU DR PREL PHUM
05SANTODOMINGO4497	SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS DECLARATION - DOMINICAN [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-03 22:24:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	KSUM DR ECON PGOV

05SANTODOMINGO4498	INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP ON AVIAN AND PANDEMIC [...] In response to Ref A demarche, delivered September 12 (Ref B),Embassy received September 30 a diplomatic note from the Foreign Ministry with the following text (informal translation from Spanish): "(Complimentary opening),in view of the traditional ties of cooperation between both our coun [...]	2005-10-03 23:08:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO EAGR ECON PREL SOCI
05SANTODOMINGO456	DOMINICAN TECHNICAL SECRETARY OPTIMISTIC ON CAFTA [...] (SBU) Summary: Dominican Technical Secretary Temistocles Montas told the DCM January 28 that President Fernandez will present the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) for ratification during the annual presidential address to Congress on February 27, saying that that agreement is [...]	2005-01-31 20:59:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR EFIN KIPR PREL
05SANTODOMINGO4567	DOMINICAN ATTORNEY GENERAL PUSHES CAREER TRACK FOR [...] (U) Summary. On September 28, General Secretaries of the three dominant political parties in the Dominican Republic met publicly to respond to Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito's draft document calling for political agreement on the implementation of a career track within the Public P [...]	2005-10-07 11:29:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM KCOR
05SANTODOMINGO4606	DEMOCRACY PROMOTION STRATEGY - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] (SBU) Embassy Santo Domingo's response on our democracy promotion strategy for the Dominican Republic is keyed to lettered sub-ticks in para 6 reftel: A. Most important outcomes of the Democracy and Governance reform agenda for the Dominican Republic 1) Government develops, approves an [...]	2005-10-12 14:19:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO4611	DOMINICANS ANGERED BY VERDICT AT INTER-AMERICAN [...] (U) On October 8 the Inter-American Court of Human Rights published its 91-page decision ordering the Dominican government to pay USD 26,000 in compensation to families of two Dominican children of Haitian ancestry to whom officials refused to issue birth certificates. The mother of each child [...]	2005-10-12 16:37:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL DR OAS
05SANTODOMINGO4620	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: SENATE PRESIDENT VOWS TO BLOCK [...] Summary: Senate President Andres Bautista told the DCM on October 11 that he will not put onto the Senate agenda a legislative proposal inimical to patent and trademark law submitted in August by the president of the Senate Commission on Industry, Commerce and Free Trade Zones Alejandro Santo [...]	2005-10-13 11:11:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR ETRD KIPR PGOV IPR
05SANTODOMINGO4650	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-14 20:26:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR PTER KTFN KVPR EFIN ETTC PREL
05SANTODOMINGO4651	DOMINICAN FM AGREES TO SUPPORT U.S. POSITION ON [...] The Ambassador spoke by telephone with Dominican Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso, who is currently visiting Spain with President Leonel Fernandez. The Foreign Minister said that he would have instructions issued to the Dominican delegation to support the U.S. position. HERTELL [...]	2005-10-14 20:26:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC SCUL ETRD OPDC DR UNESCO BHUM
05SANTODOMINGO4652	UNSTRAW - PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION [...] INSTRAW is an unfunded UN-affiliated research organization that has loose connections with 19 NGOs. The embassy is familiar with several of the NGOs and none is known to have the mission of promoting pedophilia. Political officer conducted a review of NGOs affiliated with INSTRAW and found [...]	2005-10-14 20:26:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PHUM SOCI
05SANTODOMINGO4653	DOMINICAN POLITICS II #1: LEONEL'S GRAND NATIONAL [...] This is the first in a series of political reporting on the second year of the administration of Dominican president Leonel Fernandez. LEONEL'S GRAND NATIONAL CONSULTATION Over the weekend of October 9-10, with a hastily organized grand national seminar Dominican President Leonel Fernndez [...]	2005-10-14 20:30:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD DR EPET EFIN ENRG PGOV
05SANTODOMINGO4668	AVIAN FLU INITIATIVE: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC CONFIRMS [...] (SBU) Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano confirmed to DCM October 4 that the Dominican Republic would cosponsor the U.S. draft resolution, "International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza: Statement of Core Principles," in the 60th UNGA (Ref A). Liriano said she would see wheth [...]	2005-10-18 12:46:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO DR KSCA
05SANTODOMINGO4670	GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS IN WTO - DOMINICAN [...] (SBU) DCM on October 4 delivered Ref A talking points to Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano. She had no immediate response, but promised to pass the information to the appropriate Dominican Government officials. Based on our prior contacts (Ref B),Embassy understands that the Dominic [...]	2005-10-18 12:47:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR KIPR DR ECON
05SANTODOMINGO4671	RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES: DOMINICAN [...] (S) Drawing on reftel talking points, DCM on October 4 raised with Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano our request that the Dominican Republic consider assisting in resettlement of the 15 Chinese nationals of Uighur ethnicity who have been approved for release from detention at Guantanam [...]	2005-10-18 12:47:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	SECRET	MOPS PREL DR PTER PHUM PREF PINR
05SANTODOMINGO4673	DOMINICAN FUGITIVE JEANNETTE MERCEDES WAIVES [...] On October 14, 2005, U.S. Marshals returned Jeannette Mercedes to the United States for trial in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York based on federal indictment 03-CR 1030 (SHS) charging her with conspiracy to commit money laundering. Mercedes is alleged to have entered [...]	2005-10-18 12:49:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN DR KCRM SNAR
05SANTODOMINGO4689	DOMINICAN POLITICS II #2: OFFICIAL PASSPORTS, INC [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-19 11:16:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCOR DR EAID
05SANTODOMINGO4690	MEMCON: THE AMBASSADOR AND THE DOMINICAN [...] (C) On September 29 President Leonel Fernndez received the Ambassador for two hours in the Palace. Fernndez had just finished a four-hour meeting on energy and was unaccompanied. The Ambassador was accompanied by DCM and USAID director. Topics discussed, mostly at USG initiative, were: [...]	2005-10-19 11:16:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR ECON EFIN ENRG TBIO ETRD SNAR
05SANTODOMINGO471	DOMINICAN INTERIOR MINISTER SEEKS CLOSER TIES WITH [...] (C) Summary: Dominican Interior Secretary Franklin Almeyda, meeting with the Ambassador, Embassy staff, and City of New York Police Department (NYPD) officials January 27, expressed his intention to work with the Embassy and U.S. police advisers to fight corruption and boost efficiency in the [...]	2005-02-01 18:31:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	CJAN KJUS SNAR KCOR PTER EFIN PGOV PREL BEXP ASEC DR
05SANTODOMINGO4724	ISRAEL AT UNGA I & II - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] Embassy on October 20 delivered reftel demarches on Israel at the 60th UNGA (Holocaust Remembrance Resolution and opposing anti-Israel bias) to MFA UN affairs director Michelle Cohen. We thanked her for the Dominican Republic's offer to co-sponsor the Holocaust Resolution. We also urged that [...]	2005-10-21 13:17:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	IS DR PREL
05SANTODOMINGO4725	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - REGIONAL PROTESTS PRECEDED BY [...] On October 19 protests in central streets shut portions of the major provincial city of Santiago and surrounding areas. Demonstrators demanded changes in the government,s economic policies and price reductions on basic food products, gas, and electricity. The strike stopped many of the publ [...]	2005-10-21 13:57:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM PGOV DR ASEC
05SANTODOMINGO4743	DOMINICAN POLITICS II #3: DOMINICAN JUSTICE [...] (SBU) This is the third in a series reporting on the second year of the administration of Dominican president Leonel Fernandez. Dominican Justice Revived: Plan RENOVE and Esther Agelan Casasnovas - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Justice Esther Agelan Cas [...]	2005-10-21 14:24:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR PGOV CJAN
05SANTODOMINGO4744	DOMINICANS STEP UP ENFORCEMENT OF BROADCAST PIRACY [...] Summary: The Dominican Telecommunications Authority (INDOTEL) submitted to the Embassy on October 5 the third quarterly television broadcast piracy report for 2005. The Dominican government is punctually meeting the reporting deadlines and taking action to address the problem of broadcast pi [...]	2005-10-21 14:57:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR ETRD KIPR PGOV IPR
05SANTODOMINGO4759	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CBI BENEFITS FOR THE 2005 [...] The Following information is keyed to reftel questions. ------------------------------------------- WTO and Free Trade Commitments ------------------------------------------ 2. The Dominican Republic signed the Central American Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) with the United States on Augus [...]	2005-10-24 13:42:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON DR ETRD
05SANTODOMINGO4767	WTO AGRICULTURE NEGOTIATIONS AND GEOGRAPHICAL [...] ON OCTOBER 21, 2005, THE FAS OFFICE IN SANTO DOMINGO CONFIRMS DELIVERY OF CORRESPONDENCE TO THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AMILCAR ROMERO IN REFERENCE TO THE AGRICULTURE NEGOTIATIONS AND GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS, AS SPECIFIED IN THE ACTION REQUEST IN CALE 180474. KUBISKE [...]	2005-10-25 15:33:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR DR
05SANTODOMINGO4776	BASEBALL: A DOMINICAN CULTURAL OBSESSION [...] Baseball season has begun in the Dominican Republic. Baseball is much more than a sport or even a national pastime; it represents the pulse of the Dominican culture. Baseball began as a recreational activity for sugar cane workers and has become the most famous Dominican export. One in six p [...]	2005-10-26 12:39:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR SOCI CVIS
05SANTODOMINGO4777	DOMINICAN FUGITIVE ARISMENDY TAVERAS EXTRADITED TO [...] On October 21, 2005, U.S. Marshals returned Arismendy Taveras to the United States for trial in the US District Court for the Southern District Court of New York, where he is the subject of superseding federal indictment S1 04-CR-808, charging multiple counts of conspiracy to import and distri [...]	2005-10-26 12:41:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN DR KCRM SNAR
05SANTODOMINGO4778	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: EL PASO SETTLES DISPUTE WITH [...] U.S. firm El Paso International recently resolved the dispute in which Dominican firm Carib Consult was petitioning the Dominican Supreme Court to ignore international arbitration rulings and to uphold a lower court judgement against El Paso. The Embassy has been actively involved in the case [...]	2005-10-26 13:54:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR EFIN ENRG EINV BEXP
05SANTODOMINGO4794	MILITARY GRANT ASSISTANCE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS: [...] Embassy has received a diplomatic note dated October 21 from the Dominican Republic's MFA accepting the proposed language change to the 1974 bilateral agreement on net proceeds from sales of items provided under grant military assistance, to conform to Section 505(f) of the Foreign Assistance [...]	2005-10-27 14:04:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR DR KTIA PGOV
05SANTODOMINGO4805	DOMINICAN POLITICS II # 4: OUTSPOKEN REFINERY [...] This is the fourth cable in a series of political reporting on the second year of the administration of Dominican president Leonel Fernandez: Outspoken Refinery Director Replaced After Gas Leak - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - President Leonel Fernandez dismissed outsp [...]	2005-10-27 20:51:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR ECON EFIN ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV
05SANTODOMINGO4814	DEMARCHE TO DOMINICANS ON SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS [...] On October 28 Charge contacted both Foreign Minister Morales Troncoso and Dominican ambassador to the United States Flavio Dario Espinal concerning U.S. concerns on draft declaration for the OAS summit. She raised the need to ensure that there is a consensus document and expressed USG concer [...]	2005-10-28 16:08:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	KSUM ECON PGOV DR OAS
05SANTODOMINGO4815	RECOMMENDATION AGAINST FINANCING PATROL BOATS FOR [...] Following ref inquiry from Exim concerning the uses for the 4 Swiftship patrol boats proposed for Eximbank financing, Embassy Santo Domingo has reviewed relevant information, including the text of the letter provided by Secretary of Armed Forces Sigfrido Pared Perez. The Embassy has no knowle [...]	2005-10-28 17:33:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EFIN SNAR MARR DR
05SANTODOMINGO4829	RECOMMENDATION AGAINST FINANCING PATROL BOATS FOR [...] (SBU) Concerning anti-narcotics capabilities of Dominican navy, pls review ref classified reporting from the Defense Attache. KUBISKE [...]	2005-10-31 13:05:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EFIN SNAR MARR DR
05SANTODOMINGO4868	2005 WHA ECONOMIC OFFICERS' CONFERENCE [...] Embassy Santo Domingo will send EcoPol counselor Michael Meigs to the Econ Officers' conference. He is scheduled to attend the CCAA so he expects to arrive at the Doubletree on December 7 PM. KUBISKE [...]	2005-11-02 13:32:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ETRD EFIN EAID
05SANTODOMINGO4890	ICJ ELECTIONS FOLLOW-UP: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC LIKELY [...] Embassy o/a October 3 delivered a diplomatic note requesting the support of the Dominican Republic for Thomas Buergenthal's re-election to the International Court of Justice. On November 2, MFA deputy director for UN affairs Rhadys Abreu de Polanco informed us that, of the three candidates f [...]	2005-11-02 22:00:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR
05SANTODOMINGO4891	FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER DICUSSES [...] (U) SUMMARY. On October 17, 2005, FBI Director Mueller made a series of courtesy calls on senior Dominican justice and intelligence officials, several of whom participated in a same-day working lunch hosted by President Fernandez (SEPTEL). Attorney General Dominguez Brito, Chief of the Natio [...]	2005-11-03 11:10:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS KPAO PINR PREL SNAR DR CU
05SANTODOMINGO4941	DEMARCHE ON IRANIAN EXTREMISM - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered para 4 reftel demarche via non-paper to MFA Africa and Middle East Affairs director Jose Juan Hernandez Cimadevilla on November 2, emphasizing our request that the Dominican Republic issue a statement rejecting President Ahmadi-Nejad's recent inflammatory rhetoric again [...]	2005-11-07 19:03:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IR PTER PHUM DR
05SANTODOMINGO4944	DOMINICAN POLITICS II #7: PRD EXPELS A MAVERICK [...] This is the seventh cable in a series reporting on the second year of the administration of Dominican president Leonel Fernandez. PRD Expels a Maverick and a Deserter - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Months after Senator Ramiro Espino of Samana Province and Senator Tonty Rutinel Doming [...]	2005-11-07 19:03:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR PGOV PINR
05SANTODOMINGO4946	DOMINICAN POLITICS II #6: HAITIAN MIGRANT [...] (SBU) This is the sixth in a series on political events in the second year of the administration of Leonel Fernandez. Haitian Migrant Regularization "Under the Radar" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - While a recent migration-related decision of the Inter-American Court of Hu [...]	2005-11-07 19:06:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG DR HA
05SANTODOMINGO4979	DOMINICAN BANKING #12: MORE BANK FRAUD, THIS TIME [...] (U) This is number 12 in a series of cables on the Dominican banking sector. More Bank Fraud, This Time at Progreso - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (SBU) Another Dominican bank has turned up a potentially huge and probably fraudulent hole in its balance sheet, despite the IMF-manda [...]	2005-11-10 11:09:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR EFIN KJUS PGOV PREL
05SANTODOMINGO5004	DOMINICAN INDUSTRIAL DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN [...] (SBU) Summary. The intentional gas release by the National Refinery (REFIDOMSA) on October 24 revealed how poorly the Dominican petrochemical industry regulates itself. It also revealed how ill prepared the city of Santo Domingo and the Dominican government are in preparing for or responding [...]	2005-11-10 20:08:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR ECON ETRD TBIO
05SANTODOMINGO5038	FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER MEETS WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. President Fernandez told FBI Director Robert Mueller III during his October 24 visit to Santo Domingo that Venezuelan drug trade via the Dominican Republic to the United States was a "crime against humanity." The Ambassador,s suggestion that a high-level Dominican government tea [...]	2005-11-15 17:12:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR PREL SNAR KJUS KPAO PINR CU VE HA CH CO
05SANTODOMINGO5050	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT [...] The following interim assessement for trafficking in persons (TIP) addresses the questions in paragraph 6(I) of reftel. 2. The Government of the Dominican Republic emphasizes TIP issues in public communications and has made some progress in enforcement. Institutional changes include the c [...]	2005-11-15 20:26:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM KWMN DR
05SANTODOMINGO5053	DOMINICAN FUGITIVE JOSE COSME WAIVES EXTRADITION [...] On November 4, 2005, U.S. Marshals returned Jose M. Cosme (aka Fausto Candelario Ortiz) to the United States for trial in the US District Court for the District of Connecticut based on series of federal indictments charging narcotics offenses: superseding indictment 3:01CR224 (AWT) charged co [...]	2005-11-16 11:06:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN DR KCRM SNAR
05SANTODOMINGO5068	DOMINICAN FUGITIVES NIN TERRERO, CUEVAS NIN, AND [...] On November 15, 2005, US law enforcement officials returned alleged Paulino Castillo gang members Lidio Arturo Nin Terrero and Tirso Cuevas Nin, as well as alleged Hidalgo gang member Cristian de Jesus Gaston Ramos, to the Southern District of New York for trial based on a variety of federal i [...]	2005-11-16 20:28:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN DR KCRM SNAR
05SANTODOMINGO5102	IRAN RESOLUTION THIRD COMMITTEE VOTE: DOMINICAN [...] (C) Ambassador on November 16 delivered reftel demarche to Dominicn Republic Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso, emphasizing the importance of voting against a no-action motion and in favor of the UNGA Third Committee resolution on Iran. Morales said the Dominican Republic would vote wit [...]	2005-11-18 18:37:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM
05SANTODOMINGO5111	WTO MINISTERIAL ALERT - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC DEMARCHE [...] Ambassador delivered reftel talking points to Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso on November 16, and urged that the Dominican Republic speak up in support of the U.S. agriculture proposal in WTO meetings and with EU member governments. We also left those points and similar points in pre [...]	2005-11-18 21:54:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD DR PREL KIRF KPAO ECON PGOV
05SANTODOMINGO5112	SEEKING SUPPORT FOR OAS MISSION IN COLOMBIA - [...] (SBU) Ambassador on November 16 delivered reftel talking points to Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso, emphasized what is at stake, and urged the Dominican Republic to consider a contribution to the OAS mission in Colombia. We left the basic talking points as a non-paper. Morales seemed [...]	2005-11-18 21:55:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PTER CO DR
05SANTODOMINGO5113	UN THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS - DEMARCHE TO [...] (C) Embassy on November 8 delivered Ref A para 5 talking points on U.S. voting priorities in the UN Third Committee to MFA UN affairs director Michelle Cohen as a non-paper, and emphasized in conversation with her that approval of the Iran resolution was our top priority and that the Dominican [...]	2005-11-18 21:56:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM DR PREL
05SANTODOMINGO5123	DOMINICAN POLITICS II #8: CHASING THE RED ROOSTER [...] (SBU) This is the eighth cable in a series reporting on the second year of the administration of Dominican President Leonel Fernandez. Chasing The Red Rooster -- A Scramble For Electoral Alliances - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - [...]	2005-11-21 20:20:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV DR
05SANTODOMINGO5127	COMPLIANCE WITH OIG RECOMMENDATIONS, 2005 [...] Following reports on follow-up actions taken to comply with the formal recommendations made by the OIG team that inspected Embassy Santo Domingo this year. 2. Recommendation 1: Embassy Santo Domingo should develop a strategy for implementing a program to eliminate or reduce the discrimin [...]	2005-11-22 12:03:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ASIG DR
05SANTODOMINGO5140	EXTRADITION OF LIDIO NIN-TERRERO, TIRSO CUEVAS-NIN AND CRISTIAN GATON-RAMOS TO THE UNITED STATES ON 11-15-2005. CCX: KA-03-0015, YNC1K CCX: KA-04-0004, XEC1I CCX: KA-04-0023, XEC1I CCX: CT-02-0040, YNC1J CCX: G5-02-0109, YNC1K CCX: G5-04-0001, YNC1K CCX: G1-03-0009, [...] (SBU) On 11-15-2005, Lidio Arturo NIN Terrero, Tirso CUEVAS Nin and Cristian GATON Ramos were extradited to the United States from the Dominican Republic. 2. (SBU) NIN-Terrero, CUEVAS Nin, and GATON Ramos were transported to the Las Americas International Airport (LAIA),in Santo Domingo fr [...]	2005-11-23 13:04:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR NOTAG
05SANTODOMINGO5156	HUMAN RIGHTS DAY 2005 - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] Following is Embassy's response to action requests in paras 5-6 reftel: 2. Quotations on the meaning of human rights and freedom: Margarita Cedeno de Fernandez, First Lady of the Dominican Republic: (Begin original Spanish text, as published on http://www.primeradama.gov.do/ver discurs [...]	2005-11-25 13:57:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL DR KPAO ODIP PGOV
05SANTODOMINGO5157	ISRAEL AT UNGA: OPPOSING ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS - [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-25 13:58:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	IS PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO5187	AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] Embassy's answers to country-specific questions about avian and pandemic influenza (AI) follow and are keyed to the subheads and ticks in para 4 reftel: A. Preparedness/communication: -- The country does not yet have a plan orstrategy for preventing avian influenza from becoming a pandemi [...]	2005-11-29 19:43:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV DR ECON EAGR EAID PREL
05SANTODOMINGO5202	DOMINICAN BANKING #13: MORE FRAUD FOUND AT PROGRESO [...] (U) This is number 13 in a series of cables on the Dominican banking sector. (C) Summary. Investigators have discovered a new additional hole of 7 billion pesos ($220 million) in phony assets at Banco de Progreso, in addition to the 8 billion peso unfunded liability for commercial paper at [...]	2005-11-30 20:26:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR EFIN KJUS PGOV PREL
05SANTODOMINGO5213	DOMINICAN GOVERNMENT PUSHES HARD FOR CAFTA [...] (U) Summary: Aiming for a January 1 implementation date for CAFTA, the Dominican Republic is working quickly to meet requirements. The Fernandez administration recently created a task force made up of public and private sector trade experts, many of whom have CAFTA negotiating experience, to [...]	2005-12-01 17:40:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PGOV PREL DR CAFTA
05SANTODOMINGO5339	ENGAGING THE REGION ON BOLIVIA: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] (C) Embassy on December 7 delivered reftel talking points to MFA South America director Juany Mejia de Gil, requesting the Dominican Republic's collaboration with the international effort to ensure free and fair elections in Bolivia and democratic stability for that nation. 2. (C) On Decemb [...]	2005-12-10 18:00:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	BO PGOV PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO5340	ANTI-ISRAEL BODIES AT THE UN: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] Embassy on December 7 delivered reftel talking points to MFA UN director Michelle Cohen, emphasizing U.S. disappointment over the Dominican Republic's change of its vote from "abstain" in previous years to "yes" on the resolution regarding the Division for Palestinian Rights. Political officer [...]	2005-12-10 18:24:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IS DO UNGA
05SANTODOMINGO5353	DOMINICAN FUGITIVE JOSE ROBERTO MATEO RIVERA [...] On December 1, 2005, U.S. Marshals returned Jose Roberto Mateo Rivera to the United States for sentencing in the US District Court for the Eastern District Court of New York, where he had previously plead guilty to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine as charged in federa [...]	2005-12-12 17:50:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN DR KCRM SNAR
05SANTODOMINGO5388	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC RE-ELECTION TO THE UNHRC [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-16 12:37:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR ECON PGOV
05SANTODOMINGO5389	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC CANDIDACY TO THE COUNCIL OF [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-16 12:37:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR ECON PGOV
05SANTODOMINGO5395	LETTER FROM MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AMILCAR [...] SUMMARY: ON JULY 26, 2005, ACTING AGRICULTURAL COUNSELOR PAUL HOFFMAN AND SENIOR AGRICULTURAL SPECIALIST CARLOS SUAREZ MET WITH THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, AMILCAR ROMERO, TO DISCUSS ONGOING CONCERNS ABOUT AVOCADOS AND THE DOMINICAN REQUES [...]	2005-12-16 20:11:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR DR
05SANTODOMINGO5409	CUBA: REVIEW OF LIBERTAD ACT TITLE III SUSPENSION [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable responds to Ref A tasking and updates the information provided in our last report six months ago (Ref B). President Fernandez in the second year of his administration has made no significant change in his low-profile approach to Cuban issues. As in previous years, t [...]	2005-12-16 21:23:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CU ETRD ETTC PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO5410	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT FACES VIOLENT DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (SBU) President Leonel Fernandez intended his first, brief visit to Port au Prince to serve as a reinforcement of bilateral relations and a boost to the Interim Government as it prepared for January elections. The Dominicans cut the event short as demonstrations outside the presidential palac [...]	2005-12-16 23:03:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR PGOV HA PREL
05SANTODOMINGO5411	Draft Dominican Republic International Narcotics [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-19 12:11:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR DR
05SANTODOMINGO542	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT REPLIES TO AMBASSADOR ON [...] (C) Summary. Dominican President Leonel Fernandez confirmed to the Ambassador on January 27 that he had been helping mediate between the presidents of Colombia and Venezuela, and he found both interested in lowering tensions. He remained concerned that the candidacy for OAS SYGEN Francisco [...]	2005-02-04 12:13:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CO DR
05SANTODOMINGO556	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT OUTLINES TO DAS SHAPIRO [...] (SBU) Summary. Dominican President Leonel Fernandez spoke at length with visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary Charles Shapiro on January 14 on Dominican concerns about Haiti, Haitian reconstruction, and cross-border security issues. Fernandez and his administration will engage closely with t [...]	2005-02-04 19:09:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN BEXP ENRG PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO559	DOMINICANS RESPOND TO TELEVISION BROADCAST PIRACY [...] Summary: During the Embassy's January 31 demarche on television broadcast piracy (ref a),Under Secretary of Industry and Commerce Marcelo Puello told DCM that his Ministry took the requirement of stopping television broadcast piracy seriously and had sent the report to USTR on January 7 wit [...]	2005-02-04 20:27:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR EINV DR
05SANTODOMINGO560	UPDATED SEMI-ANNUAL REQUEST FOR NAMES, TITLES AND [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-04 20:38:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR PGOV PINR PREL
05SANTODOMINGO564	CORRECTED COPY: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CARTAGENA [...] (U) This is a response to a Reftel action request. 2. (U) The Government of Dominican Republic has no specific legislation or laws dealing with genetically modified organisms. The Dominican Republic is a large consumer of U.S. genetically modified agricultural products used mainly as fee [...]	2005-02-04 22:39:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO DR
05SANTODOMINGO579	PRC PRESSES DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO RECOGNIZE BEIJING [...] (C) SUMMARY. A Chinese Communist Party delegation met with members of the ruling Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) and other Dominican political parties from January 24-27, seeking to strengthen ties to the Dominican Republic and pressing for formal diplomatic recognition. The delegation call [...]	2005-02-07 21:28:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EINV DR CH TW
05SANTODOMINGO612	AMERICAN AIRLINES DISPUTE WITH DOMINICAN AIRPORTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador and Embassy officers have raised with Dominican authorities the American Airlines (AA) notification that it will end ground-handling services for all other carriers at Santo Domingo Las Americas Airport (AILA) and will assume self-handling of its flights on April [...]	2005-02-09 17:40:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON KTIA PREL DR CA
05SANTODOMINGO614	DOMINICAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON HAITI, CAFTA, [...] (C) Summary: Haiti, CAFTA, extraditions, and compliance with the new IMF agreement dominated the February 7 bilateral breakfast meeting between the Ambassador and Dominican Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso. The Foreign Minister told the Ambassador that the Dominican ambassador to Hait [...]	2005-02-09 18:59:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CJAN ETRD EFIN KJUS DR HA
05SANTODOMINGO691	TWO DOMINICANS WAIVE EXTRADITION HEARINGS - RETURN [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (U) On February 11, 2005, two fugitives were returned from the Dominican Republic to the United States in the company of a U.S. Marshal. Denny Alberto Sandoval, reftel A, is wanted to stand trial in the Southern District o [...]	2005-02-11 19:16:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN SNAR KJUS PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO709	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT ON BROADCAST PIRACY, LAW [...] (C) Summary. Dominican President Leonel Fernandez discussed the Dominican economy, CAFTA, broadcast piracy, Haiti and police and intelligence reform during a February 2 meeting with the Ambassador. Fernandez believes the new IMF Standby Agreement is as important for creating confidence as it is [...]	2005-02-11 23:11:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	SECRET	EFIN KIPR ETRD DR
05SANTODOMINGO754	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: ARGENTINE PRELIMIINARY PAPER [...] Embassy officer followed up our fax to the MFA of reftel non-paper and annex in a meeting with MFA director for UN, OAS, and international organization affairs Michelle Cohen. She expressed appreciation for the information and indicated the MFA had received the Argentine preliminary paper on t [...]	2005-02-15 16:03:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON ELAB ETRD KSUM AR DR
05SANTODOMINGO758	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: DEMARCHE ON MEXICO HUMAN [...] (SBU) Embassy officer delivered talking points in paras 5-6 reftel to MFA director for UN affairs Michelle Cohen and separately to deputy director Rhadys Abreu de Polanco, who will go to Geneva for the annual UN Human Rights Committee meeting. Embassy expressed particular appreciation for the [...]	2005-02-15 16:06:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL CU MX DR
05SANTODOMINGO759	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CONSOLIDATING SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered Haiti policy points (para 6 ref A) to MFA director for UN, OAS, and international organization affairs Michelle Cohen and OAS affairs coordinator Johanna Calderon on February 11. They expressed appreciation for the information, underscored the Dominican Republic's parti [...]	2005-02-15 16:08:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL HA DR
05SANTODOMINGO777	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: PREPARATIONS FOR CICTE MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-15 20:55:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL AORC DR
05SANTODOMINGO799	DOMINICAN POLITICS #12: NARCOTICS EXTRADITION TESTS SYSTEM, WORRIES MILITARY & POLITICIANS [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-16 18:15:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	CJAN CO DR HA KJUS MARR PGOV PREL SNAR
05SANTODOMINGO860	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: WTO NON-AGRICULTURAL MARKET [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-17 20:16:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR ETRD
05SANTODOMINGO899	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EXTRADITES PAULINO CASTILLO TO [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (U) On February 19, 2005, Quirino Ernesto Paulino Castillo was extradited from the Dominican Republic to the United States in the company of a U.S. Marshal. Paulino Castillo, reftels A and B, is wanted to stand trial in th [...]	2005-02-22 14:03:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN KCRM SNAR KJUS PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO923	2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT- DOMINICAN [...] Following is the Investment Climate Statement for the Dominican Republic, chapter 6 of the Country Commercial Guide. (begin text) DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE UPDATE A.1. Openness to foreign investment The Dominican government welcomes foreign investment. However, some [...]	2005-02-23 13:03:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR KTDB EINV ETRD
05SANTODOMINGO970	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC YEAR 2005 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy recommends maintaining the Dominican Republic on the Special 301 Watchlist. IPR infringement problems remain at levels similar to those of last year, with some call for optimism in the area of television broadcast piracy, a long-term problem. A broadcast piracy court [...]	2005-02-24 12:44:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD EINV DR
05SANTODOMINGO971	DOMINICANS OUTLINE APPROACH TO HAITI, CAFTA, U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Haiti, bilateral relations with the United States, CAFTA ratification, promoting consensus on a new OAS secretary general, more active participation in regional and SIPDIS multilateral diplomacy, foreign investment and technology are priorities for the Dominican administration [...]	2005-02-24 15:11:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD KIPR EFIN EPET CJAN PHUM PGOV DR HA CU MX XM
05SAOPAULO875	AFFIRMATIVE ACTION DEBATE CONTINUES IN BRAZIL [...] (U) Summary: On June 10-11, government officials, non- profit organizations, educators, interested citizens, and representatives from 20 public Brazilian universities met in Sao Paulo for a two-day nation-wide conference to discuss nascent affirmative action programs in higher education. Man [...]	2005-07-22 14:25:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM ECON PHUM BTIO EINV SOCI BR TIP
05STATE107000	NET-CENTRIC DIPLOMACY DEPLOYS TO 50 MORE POSTS [...] During the remainder of the 2005 calendar year, up to 50 more posts will be provided assistance to add content to their classified homepages on SIPRNet through the Net- Centric Diplomacy program. Assistance to selected posts will include a scanner, software, training, and temporary staff augme [...]	2005-06-08 20:14:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AADP AMGT AINF PREL ECON CMGT ACOA KPAO OIIP
05TAIPEI315	TAIWAN LOSING CARIBBEAN TO PRC CHECK BOOK DIPLOMACY [...] (C) Summary. Beijing's efforts in the Caribbean resulted in another victory in the check-book diplomacy battle on Thursday January 20, when the PRC announced it had established diplomatic relations with Grenada. While Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) officials say they have not offi [...]	2005-01-25 23:23:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TW
05TAIPEI4225	TAIWAN CLAIMS VENEZUELA AND CUBA SUPPORTING [...] (C) Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) officials assert, based on information from Central American leaders, that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Cuban President Fidel Castro are covertly funding opposition parties in El Salvador and Nicaragua in hopes of replacing pro-USG administ [...]	2005-10-18 08:47:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC TW
05TAIPEI4292	TAIWAN WOOING LATIN AMERICA ALLIES WITH NEW [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan's US $250 million "Co-Prosperity Project" is a new foreign policy strategy aimed at bolstering Taiwan's standing with its diplomatic partners in Latin America and countering Beijing's growing economic ties. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) officials explain that the initi [...]	2005-10-21 09:28:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC XR TW
05TEGUCIGALPA2519	EMBASSY AND ZELAYA TRANSITION TEAM PREPARE FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador, DCM, PolChief and EconChief met December 14 with key members of the transition team/new cabinet of President-elect Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya, led by Hugo Noe Pino, the head of the transition and future Minister of Finance. Noe Pino confirmed that Zelaya had postponed [...]	2005-12-16 20:05:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM ECON KJUS PINR HO
05TEGUCIGALPA399	HONDURAS: PORT FEE IMPLEMENTATION SUSPENDED [...] (U) Summary: A united private sector has succeeded in temporarily halting the entry into force of a contract for x-ray scanning at Puerto Cortes, citing the potential economic damage that the contracted fee of USD 55 per container would do to Honduran competitiveness. The respite is temporar [...]	2005-02-18 18:25:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT ETRD ECPS EINV PGOV KMCA HO
05TEGUCIGALPA546	HONDURAS: PORT FEE NOT SUSPENDED AFTER ALL; [...] (C) Summary: Contrary to alleged assurances made by President Maduro on February 11 that he would suspend publication and entry into force of the controversial new contract for x-ray scanning at Puerto Cortes, the contract was published in the official Gaceta on February 15. The question of [...]	2005-03-10 14:36:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT ETRD ECPS EINV PGOV KMCA HO
05TELAVIV4238	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. G-8 Summit in Gleneagles, Scotland ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- At midday, Israel Radio reported on a series of explosions in London, and that Finance Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was supposed to participate in a conference [...]	2005-07-07 11:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05VIENNA3704	AUSTRIA SUPPORTS ADOPTION OF THIRD ADDITIONAL [...] (U) On 14 November, EconPolOff met with Bert Theuermann, Director for Human Rights in the Foreign Ministry, and Eva Schoefer from the same department to discuss adoption of a Third Additional Protocol to the 1949 Geneva Convention. If a vote is necessary, Theuermann said, Austria and the EU pl [...]	2005-11-22 12:53:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ AU ICRC
06ADANA36	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FOR FEBRUARY 13, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-15 07:56:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
06ANKARA2214	LOCAL G8 COUNTER-TERRORISM ACTION GROUP MEETING IN [...] (SBU) The Russian Embassy in Ankara convened a meeting of G8 Embassies plus Australia, Switzerland and the European Commission on April 12 as the local Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG). Most Missions were represented at the counselor level. Russian Ambassador Petr Stegniy opened the ses [...]	2006-04-21 13:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER TU
06ANKARA2746	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-15 13:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA3544	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-15 12:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA3910	TURKEY: ASSAILANT STABS CATHOLIC PRIEST; WOUNDS [...] (U) Summary: An assailant stabbed a Catholic priest in the Black Sea port city of Samsun July 2; the priest, a Frenchman, was treated and released the next day. The Samsun Governor told reporters the assailant had been diagnosed as schizophrenic. The attacker reportedly accused the priest of [...]	2006-07-05 12:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF TU
06ANKARA522	TURKISH YOUTH ARRESTED FOR MURDER OF CATHOLIC [...] (U) Summary: Turkish police have arrested a 16-year-old suspected in the murder of a Catholic priest in Trabzon. Politicians and pundits have speculated about the motive behind the killing, but as yet there are no hard facts. Some Christians in Turkey believe the killing is related to worldwi [...]	2006-02-07 14:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIRF PREL PHUM OSCE TU

06ANKARA5883	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-11 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU

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