*countries in alphabetical order, Venezuela is at the end...*
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*Cort
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*State Department Cables of interest on Latin America, released by
Wikileaks June 6-26, 2011*
COLOMBIA
Colombians now represent the single largest group of refugees granted asylum
in Argentina bit.ly/jPSd7Y #cablegate
USG happy with first round of privatization at ECOPETROL, Colombia's
formerly state oil company bit.ly/lvrpsu #cablegate
USG: CIDA "will indirectly contribute to social development and
consolidation in CSDI zones." bit.ly/mJi2ae #cablegate #Colombia
Canada could use "Global Peace and Security fund," granted to Afghanistan,
Haiti & Sudan, in Colombia bit.ly/jKNhak #cablegate
Canada "does not have the 'strategic responsibility' to ensure the stability
of the Colombian state." bit.ly/lskVIO #cablegate
Colombia model: before "development" can take place, the military and cops
must "secure" the territory bit.ly/jqkf78 #cablegate
Colombian official: "it is difficult to extend the state presence of a
democracy" bit.ly/kof99G #cablegate
The USG's successor to Plan Colombia is called the Colombia Strategic
Development Initiative bit.ly/ki5KWs #cablegate
USG: Colombia provides lessons w/respect to challenges facing US elsewhere,
esp Afghanistan and Pakistan. bit.ly/mjyqtX #cablegate
Colombian senate prez Gutierrez blamed @piedadcordoba for denouncing threats
on her life while in the US bit.ly/mORisN #cablegate
US embassy continued to work with DAS in Colombia after corruption
allegations began to surface bit.ly/iw2bvj #cablegate
CUBA
US Deputy Chief of Mission claims Cuban gov't broke into residence and
poisoned his pet bit.ly/lBrEpV #cablegate
USG inquiry into former Salvador prez Antonio Saca: The man likes to eat
bit.ly/iLLGNt #cablegate
USG: Colombian agrarian program that enriched large landowners a case of
"faulty design" & "bad optics" bit.ly/jopz8y #cablegate
ECUADOR
USG advocates privatization of Petroecuador, campaign around corruption
& transparency as first step bit.ly/iYCAk4 #cablegate
EL SALVADOR
Funes gov't in El Salvador emphasizes "FMLN does not speak for the GOES on
foreign policy matters" bit.ly/imoa1p #cablegate #golpista
USG pushed for wiretap legislation in El Salvador bit.ly/mFYpEP #cablegate
El Salvador home to three important US run military/police centers
bit.ly/mFYpEP #cablegate
US interested in running unmanned aircraft from Comalapa base
(Cooperative Security Location) in El Salvador bit.ly/mScehc #cablegate
GUATEMALA
Back in '04 drugs didn't much figure into US-Guatemala diplomacy
bit.ly/kTgzxa #cablegate
UN payment to Guatemala for sending 650 soldiers to Haiti "so lucrative as
to be a source for modernization" bit.ly/kTgzxa #cablegate
HAITI
US, UN pushed refugee camps in Haiti to hesitant Preval administration post
earthquake bit.ly/mHh9Tq #cablegate
USG concern with @AJEnglish coverage of Haiti quake response bit.ly/m8sbUi
#cablegate
USG went on media offensive in Bolivia after criticism following Haiti
earthquake bit.ly/kgdTri #cablegate
Brazil asked USG to better coordinate with other MINUSTAH forces in Haiti
post earthquake bit.ly/l4zBHC #cablegate
USG: DR "is correct in seeing the Haiti earthquake as both a threat and an
opportunity in economic terms" bit.ly/jECbj6 #cablegate
There's a suite of cables here sent from Port Au Prince directly following
the '10 quake in Haiti bit.ly/jlTnws #cablegate
Cable gives US overview of immediate aftermath of '10 quake in Haiti
bit.ly/l26e5g #cablegate
USG: Haiti has the lowest wages in the western hemisphere... about USD
1.75 per day bit.ly/j3LxPw #cablegate
Cable on student protests in Port Au Prince bit.ly/mw1nTM
#cablegate #Haiti
JAMAICA
USG helped write privatization scheme for Air Jamaica bit.ly/lWKMHF
#cablegate
Jamaican gov't outlines first step in shift to local/municipal service
provision circa 2008 bit.ly/ikF1wy #cablegate
MEXICO
Is it really a measure of success that cartels are turning to kidnapping and
extortion? bit.ly/klEpfZ #cablegate #Mexico
USG: "Mexico must build up its civil police... to fill much of the space
currently occupied by the military" bit.ly/lKlCcv #cablegate
USG: "the lack of cooperation between police and military in Matamoros may
reflect the worst of the worst" bit.ly/mbiwyb #Cablegate
Cable on 2/10 firefight between Mexican Army and Zetas shows confusion
reigns in Nuevo Laredo bit.ly/m3QXt6 #cablegate #Mexico
Zetas disrupt BBQ attended by US diplomats in Nuevo Laredo bit.ly/lcjj24
#cablegate #Mexico
USG warm to the idea of rolling municipal police in Mexico into state
level organizations bit.ly/ksArPk #cablegate
Merida Initiative, delayed due to interagency issues, proposes to improve
interagency communication in Mexico bit.ly/ihOAa9 #cablegate
Key cable for anyone wishing to understand US perceptions of/interests in
intelligence gathering in Mexico bit.ly/ktgIKi #cablegate
2009: " USG-GOM cooperation, while not flawless, has never been better."
bit.ly/kzsFCi #cablegate #Mexico
How long 'til SSP becomes like a Mexican version of Colombia's DAS?
bit.ly/jgeV0j #cablegate
USG: "Military units deployed to hotspots operate virtually blind except for
anonymous tips." bit.ly/iqWclM #cablegate #Mexico
Mexico's Public Security Secretariat (SSP) building phone intercept, can
access phone co info w/o warrant bit.ly/lYCIbH #cablegate
USG: "Mexico's use of strategic and tactical intelligence is fractured, ad
hoc, and reliant on US support." bit.ly/ktgIKi #cablegate
More state language from USG on human rights. I'm stymied. This one needs an
essay, not a tweet. bit.ly/iGoThl #cablegate #Mexico
USG would like to see de-centralized policing in Mexico, with more control
at state level bit.ly/iyXUs9 #cablegate
Key step for USG after Merida phase one is to have Mexican police & army
respond to US intel bit.ly/mK9b9C #cablegate
Cable on the "new architecture" of state control in Mexico post Merida
Initiative bit.ly/lapJyU #cablegate
Cable details meeting w/ ICE and Mexican politicos, incl info on intel
sharing & public rel'ns strategies bit.ly/iZekmE #cablegate
US Rep. asks Mexico to publicize "success" of Merida Initiative, so as to
convince US congress it's working bit.ly/j5EqR0 #cablegate
USG happy to "help shape the future" of the Mexican police bit.ly/mfefhr
#cablegate
USG calls escape of Chapo Guzman "embarrassing" bit.ly/jH3oBi
#cablegate #mexico
2007 cable on "professionalization" of Mexican police bit.ly/k9ev09
#cablegate
NICARAGUA
USG finds support on Nicaragua's Atlantic coast, as many families there
depend on remittances for survival bit.ly/mCRxgH #cablegate
"Should You Buy Real Estate and Retire in Nicaragua?" Short answer: No. Long
answer: No way. bit.ly/jdK95u #cablegate
Murdered police boss in Nicaragua not reported missing for five days because
it was his birthday... bit.ly/iUa8vM #cablegate
A nice dose of doublespeak: USG commitment to good relations with the
Sandinistas remains firm bit.ly/iSDTc0 #cablegate
List of "pro-democracy" anti-Ortega projects seeking funds forwarded from US
Embassy in Nicaragua to DC bit.ly/lw0Ysf #cablegate
USG saw "excellent opportunity to harness [labor] unrest" against Daniel
Ortega's government in '07 bit.ly/myCxx6 #cablegate
In return for a $510,000 grant, USG got to draft new law permitting
privatization of ports in Nicaragua bit.ly/klZUzX #cablegate
Dole fruits offers $6000 for those sterilized cause of pesticides, $2000 for
low sperm count bit.ly/lL8Apj #cablegate #Nicaragua
USG: Brazilians interested in accessing US market for ethanol exports via
Nicaragua bit.ly/mt2Whd #cablegate
US oil companies in Nicaragua had laws changed in "negotiations" for
concessions, and it backfired bit.ly/mt2Whd #cablegate
Huh. US State Dept uses comments posted after online news articles to gauge
public opinion. bit.ly/iFQf0Y #cablegate #Nicaragua
USG used USAID money funneled thru IRI and NED to support congressional
opposition to the Sandinistas in '07 bit.ly/iEXCnw #cablegate
100+ cables from Managua just released, can't get through them all
bit.ly/kaN9kF #cablegate #Nicaragua
USG: the "Ortega administration also has not proven susceptible to
international pressure" bit.ly/l9nBqK #cablegate
USG: Nicaragua private sector ambivalent on need to "defend democratic
institutions and the free markets" bit.ly/iEebw2 #cablegate
"U.S. foreign policy does not condone or recognize the right to abortion"
bit.ly/jdZAtT #cablegate #Nicaragua
USG used disaster relief on N. Atlantic coast in Nicaragua to undermine
Sandinistas bit.ly/mprpmO #cablegate
PERU
When 1,198 HA are actually 1,698 HA: USG numbers game for calculating coca
eradication in Peru bit.ly/jt0MCe #cablegate
USG: "Evangelicals are creating a vision for the less-privileged masses in
Peru that aligns with our own" bit.ly/lofZBd #cablegate
Cable on explosive devices planted in coca fields in Peru bit.ly/jUzkNL
#cablegate
Categorizing politics in Peru -- Baja Ecuador, or Upper Chile? bit.ly/mRYsL4
#cablegate
From potatoes to tupperware: US assisted cocaine interdictions in Peru
bit.ly/mq76KL #cablegate
USAID suspended work in coca growing areas of Peru for 54 days in '05
because of attacks/protests bit.ly/mcjUwP #cablegate
The total amount of poppy cultivation in Peru is unknown bit.ly/in3LIh#cablegate
Benefits of US sponsored training of Peru cops? More business for nearby
restaurants. No joke. (#9) bit.ly/mDyVzZ #cablegate
Cable on mining conflicts in Cajamarca region of Peru
bit.ly/kJmdAA#cablegate @miningwatch
Cable on community referendum in Peru re: Majaz mining projectbit.ly/jpJfgH
#cablegate
In '07, there were at least 29,000 land mines along the Peru/Ecuador border
bit.ly/lH6LKF #cablegate
A sure sign of development: "shopping malls are flourishing"bit.ly/kZ4RnV
#cablegate #Peru
Cable shows how US backed anti-drug police in Peru respond to protests by
civilian groups bit.ly/m69OUy #cablegate
USG on Peru, '07: "the danger exists that simmering discontent could flare
at any time into popular outrage" bit.ly/kUNqCu #cablegate
Cable acknowledges widespread unrest throughout Perubit.ly/lYjdhs #cablegate
USG trained prosecutors who carried out massive '07 raid & seizure at Lima's
El Hueco market bit.ly/kGbbPv #cablegate #Peru
US Narcotics Affairs Section and UNODC planned to "sell" draft asset
forfeiture law to Peru congress bit.ly/l7iRbw #cablegate
US Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS) running air, customs, canine & ports
programs w/Peruvian cops bit.ly/mRhZAU #cablegate
Dyncorp trained Peruvian "air police" in use of night vision goggles
bit.ly/jEWQmE #cablegate
Peruvian "Air Police" trained at Helicopter Adventures Inc. in Titusville,
FL bit.ly/jEWQmE #cablegate
Peruvian anti-drug police trained at US Customs training facility in
Virginia bit.ly/j07T7y #cablegate
USG open to the idea that coca farmers plant IEDs in with their crops
bit.ly/jjunAE #cablegate #Peru
Billion dollar discrepancy in calculations of remittances to Peru
bit.ly/jViE5b #cablegate
2007 cable outlines counterinsurgency strategy in Peru bit.ly/masF6Q
#cablegate
URUGUAY
In '06 Uruguay had 1,897 troops deployed in Africa (MONUC) and 965 in Haiti
(MINUSTAH) bit.ly/jqC8bm #cablegate
VENEZUELA
.@wsj lowballed Venezuelan gov't compensation to Norway's Statoil in '08
bit.ly/iIsaNf #cablegate
Cable on Venezuela tar sands at Carabobo field and international oil
companies bit.ly/jNn9F5 #cablegate
USG threats to Ecuador should it allow Iran to open an Export Development
Bank bit.ly/mKkzjI #cablegate
US oil co's po'd Venezuela will only compensate them for book value (à la
United Fruit, Guatemala, mid 50s) bit.ly/jCHzVQ #cablegate
Oil execs visit US embassy Caracas "as if they were going to a counseling
session or visiting a priest." bit.ly/m6x8W9 #cablegate
State dept hints that gov't of Venezuela behind "false" rumors that USG to
build military base in Paraguay bit.ly/kFJAkE #cablegate
*For cablegate updates in real time, follow Dawn on Twitter,
http://twitter.com/dawn_*
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