Cables of interest on Latin America, March 21-25, 2011

[dawn paley]

Wikileaks cables of interest on Latin America, March 21-25, 2011

A short note on my methodology http://bit.ly/e96cwY 

CHILE

US Ambassador to Chile advocated for ATSC standard for Digital TV transition http://bit.ly/epco61 #cablegate

Chile is not major drug producer or trafficking route, so human trafficking becomes USG's excuse to meddle http://bit.ly/fQcRLG #cablegate

USG happy to be working across agencies re: human trafficking in Chile http://bit.ly/hKMH1H #cablegate

COLOMBIA

USG '05: The Colombian army quietly maintains a 100-man counter-guerrilla company in Zulia State, Venezuela http://bit.ly/f5wEjd #cablegate

Over 88% of Colombian exports to Israel in 2007 consisted of minerals or hydrocarbons. http://bit.ly/gVTX6M #cablegate

Israeli company worked for Uribe gov't IDing internal & external threats, incl Venezuela and Ecuador http://bit.ly/i57t10 #cablegate

Cable demonstrates US surveillance of a Bolivarian Circle in Colombia http://bit.ly/hgsmUm #cablegate

heh! Colombian ambassador to Venezuela didn't want to be seen entering US embassy http://bit.ly/g07eLo #cablegate

Santos gave copies of magic laptop hard drives from Reyes' camp to USG, but not Ecuador or Venezuela http://bit.ly/hXmZPe #cablegate

DFAIT Latin America head reiterated Canadian support for Colombia generally, thanked US for talking points http://bit.ly/huWLAg #cablegate

FBI polygraphed Colombia's fiscalia, USG demanded that anyone who failed or refused test be dismissed http://bit.ly/eRIUJL #cablegate

Colombian army official tells USG in '06 that Ecuador lets them pursue FARC across border, Venezuela doesn't http://bit.ly/fIux62 #cablegate

Colombian journalist tells USG how to find FARC camps in Venezuela http://bit.ly/faHoJs #cablegate

USG: Afro-Colombian & indigenous ppl bear disproportionate share of violence, social exclusion and poverty http://bit.ly/eQ2tfv #cablegate

Court ordered investigation of Colombian prez Santos in '09 for leaking proof to press before court case http://bit.ly/edpPxM #cablegate

USG drug war "success": double digit increases in the price of cocaine in the US and decreases in its purity http://bit.ly/gWVICZ #cablegate

Colombia Strategic Development Initiative, the second/hearts and minds phase of Plan Colombia http://bit.ly/fzr4Xj #cablegate

USG: The Goverment of Colombia regularly stigmatizes NGOs as supporters of terrorist organizations http://bit.ly/fQZnOj #cablegate

Colombia doing "security diplomacy" in Mexico and Haiti, also sent troops to Afghanistan in '09 http://bit.ly/eKEjWw #cablegate

USG: "Our close relations have tended to isolate Colombia in the region" http://bit.ly/eKEjWw #cablegate

USG & Boeing show the Colombian military how to fly. Unmanned aerial vehicles, that is. http://bit.ly/gvf5kk http://bit.ly/gvf5kk #cablegate

Bonus: Top o the line Wikileaks coverage in Colombia's Semana magazine: http://bit.ly/dTdv37 #cablegate

COSTA RICA

Pineapples and microprocessors propel Costa Rica's export economy http://bit.ly/eyuw8v #cablegate

US embassy in San José called in General Electric for a rundown on the country's power supply http://bit.ly/fnWtdc #cablegate

Gov't of Costa Rica indicated to USG that they'd like to renew oil and gas exploration http://bit.ly/i16SV7 #cablegate

USG using "soft" military power in Costa Rica http://bit.ly/fBIbiS & http://bit.ly/fBIbiS #cablegate

US open to "informal, private sector-government partnerships to help the local security forces" in CR http://bit.ly/emCB7I #cablegate

USG offers militarized disaster recovery in Costa Rica http://bit.ly/hJ1pkF #cablegate

US/Chile tag team to promote P3s in Costa Rica http://bit.ly/hSBUre #cablegate

US JTF-B members carry out "invasions of love" in Costa Rica http://bit.ly/eIYeOF #cablegate

Costa Rica increased security spending by 27% in 2010 http://bit.ly/hJAFlN #cablegate

ECUADOR

USG told gov of Ecuador privately that Correa's anti-imperialist talk & debt default will have consequences http://bit.ly/fSXvBV #cablegate

Ecuadorian Army Chief: GOE would be "blind" without information and cooperation it received from the USG http://bit.ly/gCdrRK #cablegate

2008: USG denied using Manta base in Ecuador during Colombian attack that killed Raul Reyes http://bit.ly/f22xQg #cablegate

USG: Correa clearly insinuated that the Colombians had planted the computers @ bombed Reyes camp http://bit.ly/gR6ZSI #cablegate

PARAGUAY

USG on possible Paraguay coup, '09: "It is when the rumors stop that we really should start worrying" http://bit.ly/idjkOR #cablegate

USG notes that "biased" media in Paraguay make Lugo out to seem like a Chavista http://bit.ly/dMkPrP #cablegate

Paraguay FM: "We're sensitive to what is happening in Honduras, because we're afraid we're on the menu." http://bit.ly/ehfRc1 #cablegate

Paraguay's Lugo asked Uribe for anti-kidnapping assistance http://bit.ly/hPe4a4 #cablegate

PERU

When Colombia shut embassy in Nicaragua, Peru stepped in to act as protecting power http://bit.ly/ghSnaq #cablegate

VENEZUELA

Happy revolution, suckers! Chavez gov't pushes out informal miners with army & helicopters http://bit.ly/g07eLo #cablegate

USG alleged that Venezuela may be buying votes towards entry in Mercosur http://bit.ly/gbMg1N #cablegate

Venezuela may well "use the USG's own documents as proof of 'the Empire's plans'" Well ya don't say! http://bit.ly/hXN8D1 #cablegate

USG: Venezuelan army failed to invest in unglamorous military equipment like trailers and cargo planes http://bit.ly/gqhw3q #cablegate

USG claims Venezuela military "puzzled and concerned" over Chavez hostility toward Colombia http://bit.ly/fLBMFY #cablegate

Cable includes coordinates to alleged FARC camp in Venezuela (09-08- 18N, 072-50-54W) http://bit.ly/eWoVhv #cablegate

Here's some new vocab: "de-Chavezify" http://bit.ly/hGBhKM #cablegate

URUGUAY

USG: MERCOSUR & ALADI are located in Montevideo, so Uruguay can carry additional weight in those fora http://bit.ly/fy9jSk #cablegate