Tag: WikiLeaks

Thursday, February 24th 2011 - 06:51 UTC
Iran ambassador and Palestinians in Chile ‘monitored’ with Israel collaboration

Israeli special defence forces – concerned about what they saw as an increased Iranian presence in South America – collaborated with Chile’s government to monitor “unusual activity” within the Iranian and Palestinian communities, a newly released cable from Wikileaks has shown.
Friday, February 18th 2011 - 04:43 UTC
Paraguay fearful of “Brazilian dominance” reveals Wikileaks cable

Paraguay expressed deep concern about “Brazilian dominance” in South America, reveals a diplomatic cable exposed by Wikileaks and reproduced this week by the Brazilian portal ‘Opera Mundi’.
Monday, February 14th 2011 - 03:49 UTC
Kirchner told banks to “make cheap loans and mortgages” in 2007 presidential campaign

The Spanish newspaper El Pais published new Wikileaks cables of the US embassy which mention the relationship between Argentina’s Kirchners ruling couple and the banks especially during the period previous to the presidential election of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (2007).
Friday, February 11th 2011 - 06:55 UTC
Corruption controversy: Argentine official calls US diplomats “a joke”

Argentina’s Cabinet Chief Aníbal Fernández is the latest high-ranking official to address the Wikileaks controversy after Spanish newspaper El País published several cables that denounced various corruption cases within the Cristina Fernández de Kirchner administration.
Thursday, February 10th 2011 - 06:55 UTC
WikiLeaks: US believes former Chilean leader death “to remain a mystery”

An embassy cable published this week by WikiLeaks revealed a 2009 email in which then-U.S ambassador to Chile, Paul Simons, predicted that former President Eduardo Frei Montalva’s controversial 1982 death would never be fully understood. “The tragic recent history of Chile continues to divide its people, and the death of this emblematic President seems destined to remain a mystery.”
Thursday, February 10th 2011 - 06:26 UTC
Argentine minister recommends US diplomacy “to hire more competent employees”

Argentina’s Federal Planning Minister Julio De Vido referred to the recently published Wikileaks documents by Spanish newspaper El Pais, and advised the US embassy in Buenos Aires “to hire more competent employees” since performing a “cut-and-paste task from the yellow press is something any idiot can do.”
Wednesday, February 9th 2011 - 06:33 UTC
Kirchner administrations lack “true political will” to eradicate corruption

More than a hundred cables from the US embassy in Buenos Aires warned about the fragility of the judicial system and the impunity of criminals, according to an article recently published by Spanish newspaper El País. The leaked documents also spoke of the lack of a “true political will” to eradicate corruption.
Tuesday, February 8th 2011 - 05:22 UTC
When the Kirchners are over, Argentina will be a “minefield not a country”

According to new Wikileaks cables unveiled by Spanish daily El Pais, Argetnina’s former Santa Fe governor Carlos Reutemann told US diplomats that “whoever comes after the Kirchner administrations will inherit a mine field” instead of a country.
Monday, February 7th 2011 - 18:07 UTC
US condemns South American/Arab leaders summits, say Wikileaks cables

Brazilian policy towards Middle East and the Arab world harm US strategy in the region according to US embassy diplomatic cables between 2004 and 2009, recently exposed by Wikleaks.
Monday, January 10th 2011 - 06:33 UTC
Wikileaks uncovers secret whaling agreement between U.S. and Japan involving Sea Shepard

Recent Wikileaks cables have exposed classified material sent by the United States embassy in Tokyo to the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS).