Cables of Interest on Latin America, released April 25-May 8, 2011

[dawn paley]

Wikileaks Cables of Interest on Latin America, released April 25-May 8, 2011  

COLOMBIA

Colombian cooperation w/US justice system "unprecedented anywhere else in the world" http://bit.ly/lnaslk #cablegate

Cable on Betancourt rescue in Colombia. No mention of the Red Cross helicopter though... http://bit.ly/ieQr3Q #cablegate

Uribe told USG in 2005 that Colombian army would consider making incursions into Venezuela http://bit.ly/lLV66S #cablegate

Uribe strategy against drugs, circa '05: Aerial and manual eradication, extradition, and crop substitution http://bit.ly/kJIR0z #cablegate

Uribe tells USG in 05 that Colombia ready to provide Afghanistan technical assistance and experience http://bit.ly/j6ivCp #cablegate

Uribe, 2005: "We are winning the war, but have not won yet and need to stay the course" http://bit.ly/j6ivCp #cablegate

2005: Progress in San Jose de Apartado and Mapiripan important for USG in Colombia http://bit.ly/jZCbDW #cablegate

The kind of debate going on in Bogotá, 2005: Paramilitary rebellion vs. sedition & impacts on extradition http://bit.ly/kd3IGM #cablegate

USG breakdown of Colombia "Justice and Peace" law for demobilizing paras http://bit.ly/lbHjkN #cablegate

Ex-Senator Pardo was ok w/US bases as prez candidate, claims he wrote bulk of Colombian demobilization law http://bit.ly/mU93K6 #cablegate

USG perspective on benefits from oral/accusatory court system in Colombia http://bit.ly/iQmYn9 #cablegate

US oversees centralization of Colombian Marines, planning of bases on river borders w/Venezuela & Brazil http://bit.ly/laDnB2 #cablegate

Blindcorp makes an armored vehicle even the FARC could be proud of... http://bit.ly/itTpBB #cablegate #Colombia

General Electric, America's favorite taxpayer, taught vapor tracer tech to Uribe's security detail http://bit.ly/l4ZwZf #cablegate #Colombia

USG: "Colombia has the largest displaced population outside Africa." http://bit.ly/lO3FO8 #cablegate

'04 "US travel advisory warns against all travel to Colombia." Trust us, everything's fine... http://bit.ly/ljq4GS #cablegate

USG assisted Colombia w/switch to oral/adversarial court system in '04, now doing same in Mexico http://bit.ly/kkLu68 #cablegate

USG, 2004: Many new AUC recruits are attracted by the potential benefits of a reinsertion program http://bit.ly/lUkuse #cablegate #Colombia

Uribe told USG he would permit a unilateral US hostage rescue of three mercenaries held by FARC http://bit.ly/lSyhiR #cablegate #Colombia

Cable on Colombian army massacre of 7 police and 4 civilians in '04 http://bit.ly/kIlpVx #cablegate

Cable details USG led militarization of Arauca, Colombia as means of protecting Cano Limon oil pipeline http://bit.ly/iArCd0 #cablegate

Colombian Jungla special forces trained cops in Jalisco, Mexico, in 2008, as well as in Kabul & Ecuador http://bit.ly/lmPLo9 #cablegate

Avantel, Intel, Cisco, Microsoft, Google involved w/USAID in rural telecoms project in Meta, Colombia http://bit.ly/iC2kf4 #cablegate

Colombian Colonel: Coca eradication spray planes took over 300 bullets in 2007 http://bit.ly/m7QgVe #cablegate

Since when does road building reduce the flow of drugs? Cable on USG funded road in Putumayo, Colombia http://bit.ly/jqSmqD #cablegate

ECUADOR

US Embassy actions to counter "no bases" conference in Ecuador http://bit.ly/kAeQgm #cablegate

Cable on Aurelian Resources' gold discovery in Ecuador http://bit.ly/msICoR #cablegate

USG: Gov't of Ecuador "lacks the capacity to implement complex development or infrastructure projects" http://bit.ly/j6omgH #cablegate

Concerning name for a cable: Combatting Ecuador's increasing refugee population http://bit.ly/muHeNn #cablegate

More evidence of US meddling to promote GMO crops in Ecuador http://bit.ly/jEYX8T #cablegate

How the government of Ecuador goes about asking US diplos to leave: http://bit.ly/ihy5HF #cablegate

US embassy in Quito requests funds for pro-biotech junket aimed at local journalists http://bit.ly/jNl1Qm #cablegate #Ecuador

USG rundown on FLACSO in Ecuador http://bit.ly/mRZW4m #cablegate

US police training facility in Quito: Urbanizacion Mexterior, Calle Jose Alas 127 y Tomas Charipove http://bit.ly/j71KYY #cablegate

USG to Ecuador, 2005: Mess with Occidental Petroleum, mess with us http://bit.ly/lb1tGO #cablegate

USG: Embassy democracy promotion in Ecuador helps prevent "self-inflicted, political death spiral" http://bit.ly/igkbKG #cablegate

Cable on role of the military in Ecuador elections http://bit.ly/m9ucFC #cablegate

US blinded by conceit, thought Manta wasn't ever gonna get shut http://bit.ly/l01cHy #cablegate #Ecuador

US sees potential bonus of Ecuadorean role in UN occupation of Haiti: better cooperation with Colombia http://bit.ly/lccOam #cablegate

USG: Evangelical Indigenous group in Ecuador not opposed to free trade agreement. http://bit.ly/lwDUkS #cablegate

2004 cable on origins of landmines in Ecuador http://bit.ly/kCjLEO #cablegate

List of munitions Ecuador wanted US help to destroy. Wonder how long til they turn up somewhere else... http://bit.ly/mQwMih #cablegate

Sketchy Correa family extractive industries nepotism in Ecuador http://bit.ly/jvUFtH #cablegate

USG connects Correa's attempt to close Acción Ecologica with resistance to mining law http://bit.ly/lmW65x #cablegate @miningwatch

Cable on Correa govt attempt to shut down Acción Ecologica: http://bit.ly/lmW65x #cablegate #Ecuador

Fascinating cable details the conditions that come with US security assistance http://bit.ly/lAtzB3 #cablegate #Ecuador

USG "pushed hard" to ensure that if Ecuadorean delegation traveled to Caracas, they meet with opposition http://bit.ly/lRAnFs #cablegate

USG: Ecuador wants bilaterals w/US & Canada w/few, if any, conditions (ie delinked from anti-drug programs) http://bit.ly/l3z2uJ #cablegate

USG concerns in Ecuador: pharmaceutical licensing, closing of Manta, Chevron case, dealings w/Iran http://bit.ly/iQBrzD #cablegate

Virginia based auditing company claims Sprint & ATT ripping off Ecuadorean gov't http://bit.ly/j1Lbkc #cablegate

USG on a particularly foolish Correa media-muzzling policy: http://bit.ly/lrySb3 #cablegate #Ecuador

"The USG does not recognize new governments, except in rare circumstances for political objectives" http://bit.ly/kecZMk #cablegate #Ecuador

A revealing cable. USG provides list of "anti-American digs," including non-violence, adherence to Kyoto... http://bit.ly/iCDm0M #cablegate

A note on Bucaram's homecoming, by horseback & helicopter with fire in the sky... http://bit.ly/mpsx6D #cablegate #Ecuador

USG 2005: Ecuador seems to totter constantly on the verge of becoming a failed state http://bit.ly/iAjRvz #cablegate

After Katrina, Gov't of Ecuador offered 100-120,000 boxes of bananas... In varying states of ripeness http://bit.ly/mLzbFF #cablegate

USG: If the State Department server crashes, we'll have a backup... On hotmail! http://bit.ly/lTsu6m #cablegate

MEXICO

USG: 90% of military origin weapons in Mexico traced to Central American military stocks [uh, sold by USG] http://bit.ly/lpkS7O #cablegate

USG: Drug related violence in Mexico "not the harbinger of failure" http://bit.ly/lpkS7O #cablegate

Key cable on the outcomes of an "unprecedented" bilateral meeting between US and Mexico http://bit.ly/mOeeTQ #cablegate

USG/Mexico security rel'n "well past a sterile debate over the risks to Mexico's sovereignty" http://bit.ly/kCfEsT #cablegate

Mexico & US sought to create "intelligence fusion center" http://bit.ly/mOeeTQ #cablegate

USG: ex-Attorney General Eduardo Medina Mora an ebullient "gringo handler" http://bit.ly/mn3r0y #cablegate #Mexico

Arms sold by US to Mexican gov't diverted to criminal groups http://bit.ly/iMoKuN #cablegate

USG 2008: Mexico's Attorney General's Office officials compromised by the Sinaloa cartel http://bit.ly/iDYiR7 #cablegate

E-Trace software for tracking arms seems doomed to fail in Mexico http://bit.ly/mUiTtI #cablegate

Mexico's point man for Plan Puebla Panama calls initiative "underwhelming" http://bit.ly/mvZAg2 #cablegate

NICARAGUA

Ortega's personal secretary is Ghaddafi's nephew http://bit.ly/iAP2Ud #cablegate

USG on Ortega after 100 days: "'Gringo Bashing' is Back..." http://bit.ly/lcgafp #cablegate

USG's man in Nicaragua sat on US side of the table until reminded he was incorrectly positioned http://bit.ly/mczbJi #cablegate

USG pulled some serious maneuvers against Iran in Nicaragua, encourages rel'n w/Iraq instead http://bit.ly/ksr7qV #cablegate

USG: All local Islamic leaders are involved to varying degrees in a variety of illegal activities http://bit.ly/ifeG5Z #cablegate #Nicaragua

USG: Palestinians in Nicaragua well connected & involved in both legitimate and illicit activities http://bit.ly/ifeG5Z #cablegate

PANAMA

"Egregious corruption in the courts poses a threat to U.S. economic and security interests in Panama" http://bit.ly/mQKjq4 #cablegate

Taiwan keeps ties with Panama for the low low price of donating one jet to the President http://bit.ly/m49uvN #cablegate

USG knows Panama Prez Martinelli is connected to illicit activities, but chooses to do nothing http://bit.ly/jxNeHQ #Cablegate