US embassy cable - 04PANAMA1740

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PANAMA BALKS AT ACCEPTING PROTECTED CUBAN AND HAITIAN MIGRANTS

Identifier: 04PANAMA1740
Wikileaks: View 04PANAMA1740 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Panama
Created: 2004-07-08 16:23:00
Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
Tags: PREF PREL SMIG PM POLITICS
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.


 
C O N F I D E N T I A L PANAMA 001740 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR PRM AND WHA/CEN 
 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/07/2014 
TAGS: PREF, PREL, SMIG, PM, POLITICS & FOREIGN POLICY 
SUBJECT: PANAMA BALKS AT ACCEPTING PROTECTED CUBAN AND 
HAITIAN MIGRANTS 
 
 
REF: A. SECSTATE 139422 
     B. PANAMA 1704 
 
 
Classified By: DCM Christopher J. McMullen for reasons 1.4 (b) & (d) 
 
 
(C) Following up on reftel A demarche, Panamanian Foreign 
Minister Harmodio Arias Cerjack informed DCM that President 
Moscoso had decided that Panama would not accept any 
additional Cuban and/or Haitian migrants.  On a positive 
note, Arias said that he had instructed the Minister of Labor 
to sign the work permit for Cuban migrant Ramon Aguilar 
Hernandez, who has been awaiting this permit for several 
months.  (NOTE: Embassy has confirmed with Mr. Aguilar that 
he has finally received his work permit. END NOTE.) 
 
 
WATT 

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