Next: Govt paid N20m ransom to free Delta hostages
"The Nigerian government, through its secret police, fuelled kidnapping in the restive Niger Delta region by paying millions of naira in ransom to kidnappers, a leaked US diplomatic cable, made available to NEXT, has revealed.
The cable, dated February 6, 2007, and which punctured the claims by the government, and the Nigerian security agencies, that ransoms were never paid to kidnappers, detailed how the government funnelled N20 million through an official of the State Security Service (SSS) to militants to free two foreign hostages."
Next: CHEVRON NIGERIA SEEKS LONG-TERM SOLUTION TO DELTA UNREST
"Chevron Nigeria security consultant Hamish MacDonald shared concerns that a large amount of money was paid for the release of the Delta hostages and an industry of hostage-taking may be in the offing. Chevron has managed thus far to stay out of harm's way, but MacDonald feels the urgent need to expand internationally-supported, long-term development programs. He plans to discuss the matter privately with Delta State Governor Ibori. Chevron will be welcoming a new Managing Director, and, with his arrival, MacDonald expects Chevron to transition from an expansion mode to one of consolidation."
El País: "Ábrelo y di ahhhh: Sistema venezolano de salud" ("Open it up and say ahhhh: Venezuelan health system")
"Médicos que aspiran a marcharse fuera del país, falta de recursos, imposibilidad de cubrir las plazas vacantes, tanto en la sanidad pública como en la privada... Ese es el panorama que describe sobre Venezuela la embajada estadounidense en un cable despachado en noviembre de 2008 y cuyo título trata de expresar el horror que sintieron en la embajada al analizar la situación: "Ábrelo y di Ahhhhh: Sistema venezolano de salud". (Doctors who aspire to go abroad, lack of resources, inability to fill vacancies in both public and private health... That is the outlook on Venezuela described by the U.S. embassy in a cable shipped in November 2008 in which the title tries to express the horror they felt at the embassy while discussing the situation: "Open it and say Ahhhhh: Venezuelan health system.")"
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La Jornada: Medina Mora, jugador clave en la Iniciativa Mérida: EU (Medina Mora, a key player in the Merida Initiative: United States)
"En diciembre pasado se reveló un cable de la embajada de Estados Unidos en México en el cual se afirmaba que el pleito entre Eduardo Medina Mora y Genaro García Luna había entorpecido el combate al narcotráfico. Pero según un análisis de la misma embajada, el pleito iba un escalón más arriba. En palabras suscritas en un cable diplomático se pone en boca de Óscar Rocha, asesor de Medina Mora, que las buenas conexiones de su jefe con el PRI no siempre ayudaban: A menudo tenía desacuerdos con (Felipe) Calderón porque no promocionaba la línea del PAN. (A cable from the U.S. Embassy in Mexico was revealed last December, which stated that the dispute between Eduardo Medina Mora and Genaro Garcia Luna had hampered the war on drugs. But according to an analysis of the same embassy, the struggle was a step up. In the words subscribed in a diplomatic cable was put into the mouth of Oscar Rocha, advisor to Medina Mora, that the good connections with PRI have not always helped: they often had disagreements with (Felipe) Calderon because they did not promote the line of PAN.)"
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La Jornada: Chávez Chávez, "un soldado de a pie", según Pascual (Chávez Chávez, "a foot soldier," said Pascual)
"En contraste con los elogios a Medina Mora, la diplomacia estadunidense califica a su sucesor, Arturo Chávez Chávez, de soldado de a pie cuya selección por el presidente mexicano fue totalmente inesperada e inexplicable políticamente. (In contrast to the praise of Medina Mora, the American diplomacy qualifies his successor, Arturo Chavez Chavez, as a "foot soldier" whose selection by the Mexican president was completely unexpected and politically inexplicable.)"
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