US embassy cable - 05BOGOTA11030

C O N F I D E N T I A L BOGOTA 011030 
 
SIPDIS 
 
WHA/CCA 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/28/2015 
TAGS: ETRD, ETTC, PREL 
SUBJECT: CUBA: NSC-DIRECTED COUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY REVIEW 
REGARDING SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT 
 
REF: SECSTATE 207359 
 
Classified By: Charge d Affairs Milton K. Drucker for reasons 1.5 b&d. 
 
1.  (C) 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 "hands off" policy. 
 
2.  (C) 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 or any official visits by senior Colombian government 
officials over the past six months. 
 
4.  (C) Colombia,s exports to Cuba are generally declining 
according to Proexport, Colombia,s export promotion 
authority.  Colombia exported about USD 63 million worth of 
goods in 2002, USD 61 million in 2003, USD 33 million in 
2004, and USD 29 million for the period January-July 2005. 
In 2004, leading exports from Colombia to Cuba were in these 
sectors:  agro-industrial (37.54 percent), chemicals (10.17 
percent), coal (7.53 percent), and construction materials 
(6.78 percent). 
DRUCKER