Cables of Interest on Latin America, March 7-13, 2011

[dawn paley]

Wikileaks Cables of Interest on Latin America, March 7-13, 2011

ARGENTINA

Student protest shuts down speech by US Ambassador to Argentina on her fist visit outside of BsAs http://bit.ly/ik7Dud #cablegate

USG: At soccer games, do not wear the colors of, or cheer for, the visiting team http://bit.ly/g5gq1Z #cablegate #Argentina

USG: Nestor Kirchner successfully co-opted half of the piquetero movement http://bit.ly/gtUNX0 #cablegate #Argentina

BRAZIL

USG: Lula's Secretary General Guimaraes "a leftist ideologue viewed widely as an anti-American quack" http://bit.ly/gwVH3z #cablegate

COLOMBIA

Colombia: Aviation company nets coca eradication contracts while transporting drugs, laundering money http://bit.ly/fHU37Z #cablegate

Colombian military subcontracter to US in Afghanistan http://bit.ly/h1OrHN also active drug traffickers http://bit.ly/eU0mvM #cablegate

USG questions Colombian tendering process, intervenes on behalf of US arms manufacturer http://bit.ly/dNccnA #cablegate

Internal "toxic" DAS files reveal links w paramilitaries & surveillance of journalists incl @hollmanmorris http://bit.ly/f8dXIJ #cablegate

After denying mtg w/DAS to Colombian press, @joseobdulio admits to USG that he met w/DAS counterintel head http://bit.ly/e646BV #cablegate

Colombian judges investigating para-politica got wiretaps & home visits from unidentified armed men http://bit.ly/dLR5Gs #cablegate

Ha! Colombian gov't denies involvement in DAS wiretaps http://bit.ly/ggVGBo #cablegate

USG claims innocence in illegal DAS wiretaps http://bit.ly/g11dW9 (but USG did use DAS intel to deny visas to opposition) #cablegate

No solo es Naranjo, tambien Andres Penate acusa @JOSEOBDULIO de ser responsable por lo del DAS http://bit.ly/dHIAOS #cablegate

I can't believe anyone takes @AlvaroUribeVel seriously, even for a minute: http://bit.ly/eGRj3P #cablegate #Colombia

DAS director assured USG that "tradition" of spying on opposition predates Uribe: http://bit.ly/fY0VGN #cablegate

Uribe's fall guy? Fingers pointed @JOSEOBDULIO for para mtgs http://bit.ly/eRxxG5 & DAS scandal: http://bit.ly/gx3NOm #cablegate #Colombia

2008 meetings between @alvarouribevel gov't & paras in Casa Nariño: executive branch sabotaging judiciary http://bit.ly/eitZgX #cablegate

2008 cable on Uribe's attacks on supreme court, top cop says Uribe paid his advisors to undermine judiciary http://bit.ly/dICvuG #cablegate

USG simply disagrees with those who challenge their version of the facts on the ground in Colombia http://bit.ly/eTmxSP #cablegate

Cable suggests thousands of missing weapons in paramilitary "demobilizations" in Colombia: http://bit.ly/iagnIN #cablegate

Seriously, where do they find these people? Colombian politicians spill the beans with US over breakfast http://bit.ly/ik7Dud #cablegate

US, North Korea, ex-USSR, Bulgaria main sources for paramilitary arms in Colombia: http://bit.ly/hmjBbG #cablegate

US's rose coloured glasses on Colombia are so dark they can just barely see anything at all: http://bit.ly/fh2oh8 #cablegate

Colombian Peace Comissioner, 2006: GOC "limited in what it could do about localized paramilitary groups" http://bit.ly/gOfAET #cablegate

Colombian Peace Comissioner: overtures to the FARC are subordinate to the GOC's democratic security strategy http://bit.ly/gY2ETq #cablegate

COSTA RICA

How US tax $$ are spent: replying to ellipsis heavy emails from arms dealers http://bit.ly/eOadWK #cablegate

American Airlines, a.k.a. Extradition Airlines: http://bit.ly/gOuYmi #cablegate

Weak attempt at showing results for Merida Initiative in Costa Rica http://bit.ly/fa8YV1 #cablegate

What do US Marshalls give Central American cops in their post training goody bag? Hand-cuffs and leg-irons! http://bit.ly/fHdpop #cablegate

2 1/2 USG staffers struggling to manage $10 million Merida Initiative budget in Costa Rica: http://bit.ly/eZu15H #cablegate

American hotel owner "key player" in pilot program of direct donations from USG to local cops in Costa Rica http://bit.ly/hMISGN #cablegate

Costa Rica Gov't asked USG to develop training curriculum for new judges in 2009 http://bit.ly/hiLR2R #cablegate

Merida Initiative brings Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives & FBI reps to Central America http://bit.ly/fG9m7j #cablegate

US seeks "easy access" to fingerprint data in Costa Rica thru Central American Fingerprint Exchange http://bit.ly/dMOa1t #cablegate

Without an army, it's Costa Rican cops that are cashing in on the Merida Initiative: http://bit.ly/dIi2CN #cablegate

Cable demonstrates lack of coordination between Washington and San José on Merida Initiative http://bit.ly/dJzTYu #cablegate

USG: "Another challenge will be to continue to highlight the benefits from CAFTA" as recession sets in http://bit.ly/hHA9cS #cablegate

USG's twisted logic: Lack of DR-CAFTA would mean no tuna for school lunch programs or x-mas for orphans http://bit.ly/i7xZiE #cablegate

USAID created biz org in CR seeks FDI in medical devices, advanced manufacturing & professional services http://bit.ly/eF9ksp #cablegate

"The Arias administration has shown a new (and welcome) receptiveness to U.S. military assistance overall" http://bit.ly/eaoOSv #cablegate

In '08-'09 Costa Rica was slated to receive over $15 million worth of militarized assistance via Plan Merida http://bit.ly/iaip8Z #cablegate

Rambling cable on ex-FARC/M19 members in Costa Rica shows US involvement in extraditions to Colombia http://bit.ly/gr9XEa #cablegate

2008 US warship visit to Costa Rica: First, "win over the community," then, "educate the lawmakers" http://bit.ly/giKfED #cablegate

USG pushed CR to participate in Defense Ministerial of the Americas, blamed hesitation on "Tico Allergy" http://bit.ly/ftgYah #cablegate

USG: SOUTHCOM seminar in Costa Rica helped "lessen the Tico allergy to things 'military'" http://bit.ly/gKgL5a #cablegate

USG: "Important void" in Arias security plan due to lack of methods of control against local unrest http://bit.ly/eaeYDl #cablegate

List of US donations to Costa Rica includes micro recorders disguised as cigarette packs & eyeglass cases http://bit.ly/e7YiO8 #cablegate

US Ambassador to Costa Rica sought funds to draft national security strategy w/incoming admin in '06 http://bit.ly/ifWBpL #cablegate

Cable summarizes German, French, Dutch, British & Canadian anti-drug programs in Costa Rica http://bit.ly/gslvgO #cablegate

USG funding large-scale clinical trial of a vaccine against human papilomavirus in Costa Rica http://bit.ly/fe7Lxn #cablegate

Gov't of Costa Rica asked US to intervene in border dispute with Nicaragua: http://bit.ly/ePApk2 #cablegate

USG training Costa Rican police & coast guards in attempt to interrupt flow of drugs to US markets: http://bit.ly/dEr57u #cablegate

MEXICO

USG rundown on former Mexican Attorney General (AG) Eduardo Medina Mora Icaza http://bit.ly/g7qqmN #cablegate

USG: naming of former Chihuahua AG to key nat'l level AG post "politically inexplicable" http://bit.ly/e0i5xA #cablegate #Mexico

2009: USG hopeful for PEMEX reform as Calderon names a Chicago-boy to head it up http://bit.ly/eiXJx1 #cablegate

NICARAGUA

Ottawa urged USG to back opposition demands re: alleged fraud in Nicaragua elections, not ask for recount http://bit.ly/esjejB #cablegate

URUGUAY

Cable lauds controversial cellulose plant in Uruguay, right on Argentine border: http://bit.ly/eEWQrw #Cablegate

LATIN AMERICA 

Cable outlines parameters for overt USG surveillance of Iranian activities in Latin America: http://bit.ly/gTd2B4 #cablegate