US embassy cable - 05BOGOTA5564

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CUBA: NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW REGARDING SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT

Identifier: 05BOGOTA5564
Wikileaks: View 05BOGOTA5564 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Bogota
Created: 2005-06-10 13:17:00
Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
Tags: ETRD ETTC PREL CO UN
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 BOGOTA 005564 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/09/2015 
TAGS: ETRD, ETTC, PREL, CO, UN 
SUBJECT: CUBA: NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW REGARDING SUSPENSION OF 
TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT 
 
REF: STATE 96300 
 
Classified By: Charge d Affairs Milton K. Drucker for reasons 1.5(b&d). 
 
1.  (C) Concern over potential Cuban support for armed 
guerrilla groups affects Colombia's cautious Cuba policy. 
Cuban influence is assumed in the recently failed 
Mexican-brokered peace talks between the GOC and the National 
Liberation Army (ELN).  Rumors of Cuban-sponsored campaign 
financing for sympathetic Colombian politicians have 
increased in the run-up to the 2006 March Congressional 
elections.  While Colombia has cut off and reestablished 
diplomatic relations with Cuba multiple times in the past, 
the bilateral relationship is currently stable, with Colombia 
generally exercising a "hand's off" policy. 
 
2.  (U) Colombia has not been a member of the United Nations 
Commission on Human Rights (UNHCR) since 2001.  Colombia 
abstained on the Cuba Resolution in 2001. 
 
3.  (C)  Post is not aware of significant new investments in 
Cuba over the past six months. 
DRUCKER 

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