WikiLeaks Cables of Interest on Latin America, Released May 23 – June 5, 2011

EL SALVADOR

List of early mover textile companies that took advantage of DR-CAFTA in El Salvador http://bit.ly/kIlEjt #cablegate

Saca’s El Salvador a beacon of pro-Americanism in a region vulnerable to pressures contrary to US interests http://bit.ly/jovhb5 #cablegate

Saca, ex-prez of El Salvador: George W. Bush was a “masterful politician” http://bit.ly/kmgwsr #cablegate

GUATEMALA

Cable outlines elite concerns over informal trade in Guatamala http://bit.ly/lgYtgN #cablegate

HAITI

 ’06 discussion between USG & Dominican Foreign Minister on return of Duvalier and Arisitde http://bit.ly/kegzw6 #cablegate

Preval walks a fine line between Venezuela & the US http://bit.ly/kwQ8VR #cablegate #Haiti

USG, ’09: “Managing Preval will remain challenging… yet doing so is key to our success…” http://bit.ly/jcdGg4 #cablegate #Haiti

HONDURAS

If you read one cable this week, make it this one: Who’s who of the Honduran coup. Fascinating. http://bit.ly/ijOOQD #cablegate

The USG has “always valued Honduras as a democratic ally”? Even during decades of military rule? http://bit.ly/laCteb #cablegate

USG casts doubt on validity of Zelaya resignation letter, skew #s at pro & anti coup demos http://bit.ly/jhc9Rd #cablegate

Zelaya’s youngest son stayed at US Ambassador to Honduras’ residence immediately following coup http://bit.ly/jJjW1K #cablegate

USG: Honduran Private Enterprise Council planned pro-coup demos http://bit.ly/mi08vs #cablegate

Cable confirms that the Honduran elite is more reactionary than the USG. http://bit.ly/m3OXEN #cablegate

First US cable on June 28 coup in Honduras doesn’t use the word “coup” at all http://bit.ly/ieemZv #cablegate

Cable from 18/06/09 has head of Honduran military assuring USG that coup rumors were but private threats http://bit.ly/izSCyW #cablegate

JAMAICA

Ten pages of Panama cables. For the record I didn’t get through them all. http://bit.ly/mbIqaV

USG: Panama’s Martinelli has a “lack of commitment to ‘rule of law'”http://bit.ly/l02dDm #cablegate

USG: There is no doubt from our perspective that Roberto Micheletti’s assumption of power was illegitimate http://bit.ly/ljOOQF #cablegate

A tax haven where you can buy citizenship, and they don’t extradite citizens to the US? Hello Panama! http://bit.ly/jhbtVa #cablegate

Panama a study in boom and bust of privatization driven FDIhttp://bit.ly/ifXPAS #cablegate

Juicy list exemplifies the kinds of cases the Supreme Court of Panama adjudicates http://bit.ly/m6NAFM #cablegate

Huh. Panama’s constitution prohibits extradition of Panamanian citizens http://bit.ly/lk9UNM #cablegate

Local business elite worried Panamanians cannot “live in Switzerland and Haiti at the same time” http://bit.ly/m3TXyg #cablegate

USG: Panama “anchors an evolving North American security community” http://bit.ly/iRWbDx #cablegate

USG concerned by presence of 10 Bolivarian circles in Pamana http://bit.ly/jbN0bP #cablegate

Panama does not want road thru Darien Gap http://bit.ly/l0DefQ #cablegate

Cable on protest against banana company’s electrical service in Panama could have been written by Fox News http://bit.ly/j3cCdB #cablegate

Transferring detainees from Panama to US prisons is done so as to save taxpayer money http://bit.ly/lKiaFf #cablegate #trustus

Gov’t of Panama unwilling to be more pro-Israel for fear of terrorist attack http://bit.ly/lKiaFf #cablegate

Colombians pushing idea of a road thru Darien region of Panama http://bit.ly/j2iPsI #cablegate

Panama arrested and deported 29 sex workers in April ’04, USG sez GOP “tough on prostitution” http://bit.ly/iyVZ60 #cablegate

Cable demonstrates just how tiny Panama’s elite is http://bit.ly/jIbUkj#cablegate

Panama ex-prez/candidate Endara to USG ’04: If I’m elected, civilian CIA can write our nat’l security plan http://bit.ly/kkgmO3 #cablegate

Former Panama Prez Torrijos “only held one job in his life, managing a McDonald’s in Chicago 1988-92” http://bit.ly/m1gQD7 #cablegate

PARAGUAY

Lugo understands that the way into the USG’s heart is through asking for help in the drug war http://bit.ly/jfcvie #cablegate

Lugo: “If (the prosecutors) were any good, more people would be in jail.” http://bit.ly/j8NL2x #cablegate #Paraguay

Paraguay’s Lugo tells USG he doesn’t trust his inner circle and wants to keep meeting discreetly http://bit.ly/jB7ZnJ #cablegate

PERU

National treatment for foreign investors is guaranteed in Peru’s 1993 Constitution http://bit.ly/mF04E9 #cablegate #sigh

Cable documents meeting btween USG & 48 cocaleros in Peru http://bit.ly/lwFAWv #cablegate

USG designated Peru as “high threat for indigenous terrorism, medium threat for transnational terrorism” http://bit.ly/jqNWju #cablegate

USG celebrates Peru’s ’07 attack on teachers, similar to WB de-centralization taking place in Honduras today http://bit.ly/klG6yU #cablegate

USG, ’05: “Alberto Fujimori seems determined to make history repeat itself.” http://bit.ly/kReqKz #cablegate

Peru makes “political” decision to keep troops in Haiti, conditions increase in troops on receiving more $ http://bit.ly/jMoojt #cablegate

Breakdown of $57m ’05 NAS anti-drug spending in Peru, largest line items police & police airplanes http://bit.ly/jaAp81 #cablegate

Cable on pro-Chavez publication in Peru notes that James Petras is on the masthead, and paper quality is low http://bit.ly/ki71Ly #cablegate

USG let EU know that they have every right to “[chase] peasants around” through crop eradication in Peru http://bit.ly/lcVtv5 #cablegate

Cable (one of a bunch) showing US diplomats at work in Peru to push US agenda at the UN http://bit.ly/jLjzCW #cablegate

Oh, and next time you’re in Peru, skip the slot machines http://bit.ly/jfgXgt #cablegate

Peru gaming sector “wide open to money launderers, drug traffickers, and counterfeiters” http://bit.ly/jZK6ZP #cablegate

USG linked pilot project promotes exports of scented oils, scallops, alpaca fiber, shells & crabs from Peru http://bit.ly/koxi6C #cablegate

Again, USG sees hip hop as a way of promoting US culture and enhancing rel’ns, this time in Peru http://bit.ly/mdS6CI #cablegate

Cable demonstrates US surveillance of Gov’t of Venezuela sponsored event in Peru http://bit.ly/kGYUAa #cablegate

Manual eradication of coca plants in Peru deemed “too conflictive” to undertake in lead up to 2005 elections http://bit.ly/jOOCBx #cablegate

Cocaine lab workers in Peru read about Osama Bin Laden too: “Islamic leader or Cruel terrorist?” http://bit.ly/lTvSyy #cablegate

URUGUAY