| WikiLeaks Cables of Interest on Latin America, Released May 23 - June 5, 2011 |
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| Written by Dawn Paley |
| Sunday, 05 June 2011 19:43 |
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EL SALVADOR List of early mover textile companies that took advantage of DR-CAFTA in El Salvador http://bit.ly/kIlEjt #cablegate '06 discussion between USG & Dominican Foreign Minister on return of Duvalier and Arisitde http://bit.ly/kegzw6 #cablegate USG: Jamaican mining minister James Robertson "involved in unspecified criminal activity" according to UK http://bit.ly/mijvFS #cablegate
2007 cable indicates US willing to enhance engagement if now-prez Golding were to come to power in Jamaica http://bit.ly/kqBRvU #cablegate Jamaica PM accuses USG of using IMF loan conditions to pressure for high profile extradition http://bit.ly/iv2TO0 #cablegate Fascinating cable links IMF conditions with GoJ's hesitance in extraditing Coke from Jamaica http://bit.ly/jNqSnq Cable clearly indicates gov't of Jamaica & USG knew extradition of Coke would cause unrest http://bit.ly/iUYNjc #cablegate Cable outlines US strategy in Jamaica in lead up to 2006 elections http://bit.ly/lbAQcg #cablegate MEXICO USG: Analysts and PRI insiders say Peña Nieto paying media & pollsters under the table for favorable results http://bit.ly/keE3e7 #cablegate
Peña Nieto advisors "understand what the USG likes to hear on investment, immigration, and security matters" http://bit.ly/lLfC2O #cablegate USG: Peña Nieto, godson of Salinas, "is not known for transparancy when it comes to his friends and allies"http://bit.ly/kc26uE #cablegate 1.9m people going hungry in Edomex, 3.1m can't access education, 6.9m lack other fundamentals http://bit.ly/iCsUKj #cablegate Edomex security agency (ASE) receives assistance from Germany Israel, Colombia, Spain, Chile & France http://bit.ly/iZwsY9 #cablegate Peña Nieto's daughter attended the Overbrook Academy in Rhode Island http://bit.ly/lWASmo #cablegate PRI President Beatriz Paredes can "appreciate domestic U.S. sensitivities in treating the gun control issue" http://bit.ly/lBB8eu #cablegate USG: PRI can't define a "social democratic vision" & don't include young people in party activities http://bit.ly/kDhQDI #Mexico #cablegate Monogrammed elections souvenirs higher on the page than election day shooting by PRI activists in Edomex http://bit.ly/jtqvgz #cablegate USG asks Mexico to expand deportation prgm to "illegal travellers... [incl] aged, infirm, & incapacitated" http://bit.ly/jY8wAa #cablegate '07 cable shows US fixation on "securing" Mexico's southern border http://bit.ly/ll0pAu #cablegate USG asks Mexico to require a visa of Venezuelans http://bit.ly/mfSpz3 #cablegate Mexican AG suggests USG focus on Peten, Guatemala re: drug trafficking http://bit.ly/mkoV6f #cablegate Meth precursor chemicals arrive in Manzanillo, Mexico, from Hong Kong via Long Beach, California? Yup... http://bit.ly/iBqe69 #cablegate NICARAGUA '06 cable an accidental indictment of "democracy promotion," mentions IRI, IFES, NDI, USAID roles http://bit.ly/jS3fA1 #cablegate#Nicaragua
Canadians floated to work on democracy promotion where UNDP & IFES failed http://bit.ly/mnahKj #cablegate #Nicaragua A key message of the US Ambassador to Nicaragua: "it is unclear whether the FSLN is democratic" http://bit.ly/lbHOWO #cablegate USG & IRI coached ALN (anti-Sandinista) presidential candidate on campaigning http://bit.ly/kB676c #cablegate #Nicaragua Nicaraguan evangelical ass'n timed support for neoliberal prez candidate on advice from his campaign team http://bit.ly/iBLwLF #cablegate Damn, the mayor of Managua was paid $10,000 a month in 1997.http://bit.ly/moKFvM #cablegate USG, '06: Gov't officials "appear resigned to Ortega's victory." Yea, because he won. http://bit.ly/kIKf2m #cablegate #wtf Hard to believe the USG was so adamant vs Ortega, who signed the Chamber of Commerce's 10 point agreement http://bit.ly/mxxF35 #cablegate Seriously, the Nicaragua cables are just depressing. Mr. X will be president unless Mr. Y uses fraud, etc. http://bit.ly/mbd5Ti #cablegate Evangelical hints his people should be able to smuggle stuff through airports, just like the Catholics http://bit.ly/jsxuPo #cablegate #Nica Only 2% of evangelicals in Nicaragua are FSLN, says head pastor http://bit.ly/jsxuPo #cablegate Nicaraguan Liberals overt about using "civil society" as a way of controlling Ortega http://bit.ly/la6bWo #cablegate US embassy intern gets hit on while "observing" elections in rural Nicaragua http://bit.ly/mBUCip #cablegate Creative uses for Virgin Mary statues in Managua http://bit.ly/kh9Xdz #cablegate USG asked Switzerland to freeze all non-humanitarian assistance to Nicaragua following 2008 muni elections http://bit.ly/mnkmTJ #cablegate US reaction to assassination attempt on Sandinista AG focuses on how FSLN will use it to their advantage http://bit.ly/iuETam #cablegate Cable shows worry at new Ortega guidelines limiting politicking by NGOs (as if US is any better) http://bit.ly/liUFLa #cablegate Ortega compared Obama to Regan, USG seems to interpret that as an insult http://bit.ly/kOiVxj #cablegate Nicaraguan supreme court justice blames USG after getting pelted with eggs http://bit.ly/lnzfEA #cablegate ALBA cash from Chavez possible impetus for increased sales at WalMart in Nicaragua http://bit.ly/lTDKV9 #cablegate #sigh PANAMA Ten pages of Panama cables. For the record I didn't get through them all. http://bit.ly/mbIqaV Lugo understands that the way into the USG's heart is through asking for help in the drug war http://bit.ly/jfcvie #cablegate Cable shows USG perceptions of Uruguay ex-Prez Vazquez and now-Prez Mujica http://bit.ly/jyrTYV #cablegate
USG facilitates Uruguayan participation in Conference of Central American Armed Forces http://bit.ly/jtsq9d #cablegate Controversial Spanish owned cellulose plant on Uruguay-Argentina border subsidizes salaries of 50 cops http://bit.ly/jBXRou #cablegate VENEZUELA Cable documents "potentially explosive" suggestion of US military intervention in Venezuela http://bit.ly/mSYntt #cablegate |
