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### Viewing cable 08MANAGUA1357, DOL CHILD LABOR ERADICATION PROGRAM LAUNCH HIJACKED

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    C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 MANAGUA 001357

    SIPDIS

    DEPT FOR KRAAIMORE
    STATE PASS TO USAID
    USAID FOR LACK-CARDENAS
    LABOR FOR KCHINNOCK, CHOLMES

    E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/04/2018
    TAGS: PGOV ELAB PHUM PREL PINR LAB NU
    SUBJECT: DOL CHILD LABOR ERADICATION PROGRAM LAUNCH HIJACKED

    Classified By: Ambassador Robert J. Callahan for reasons 1(b) & (d)

    ¶1. (C) SUMMARY: On November 4, 2008, Ambassador Callahan met
    with representatives from five ministries at Nicaragua,s
    Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX) to present award letters
    from the US Department of Labor,s (DOL) three-year, US $5
    million project to eradicate child labor in Nicaragua
    entitled "Combating the worst forms of child labor through
    education in Nicaragua - ENTERATE."  While Nicaragua,s
    Sandinista-led (FSLN) government welcomed the opportunity to
    work with the US Government to combat child labor,
    representatives from President Ortega,s office, who also
    attended and dominated the meeting, clearly wanted to
    exercise more direct control over this foreign assistance
    program and manipulated the subsequent press coverage of the
    event for this political purpose. END SUMMARY.

    Child Labor Round Table without the Labor Minister
    - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

    ¶2. (C)  On November 4, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and
    Secretary of Foreign Cooperation Valdrack Jaentschke hosted
    U.S. Embassy officials for a minister-level meeting at MINREX
    where the Ambassador delivered award letters for a
    three-year, $5 million project to eradicate child labor
    funded by DOL.  Attendees included: Minister of Education
    Miguel de Catilla; Minister of Health Guillermo Gonzalez;
    Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Ariel Bucardo; Minister
    of Family Maria Isabel Munoz; Salvador Vanegas and Marcia
    Ramirez from the office of the President; and MINREX America
    Desk Officer Rene Morales.  The Minister of Labor Jeannette
    Chavez was absent from the meeting; however, Labor Commission
    Secretary Jose Arguello represented the Ministry.  (NOTE: We
    had tried four separate times during October to schedule a
    meeting with Chavez to discuss this project.  Each time she
    cancelled the meeting.  This most recent meeting came about
    only after we sent a formal diplomatic note seeking an
    audience.  We note that despite multiple assurances that
    Chavez was confirmed for the meeting, she did not attend.
    END NOTE)

    Routing all programs through the Presidency
    - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

    ¶3. (C) During brief welcoming remarks from Vice Minister
    Jaentschke, he apologized for the Ministry of Labor canceling
    four previous meetings with Embassy officials and underscored
    the importance of working together to eliminate child labor
    in Nicaragua.  Presidential Secretariat representative
    Vanegas described First Lady Rosario Murillo,s "Programa
    Amor" (Program of Love) and the priority that President
    Ortega places on this new child welfare program.  Vanegas
    stressed the need for better coordination between ministries
    to prevent child labor, explaining that Marcia Ramirez of the
    Presidential Secretariat would be the main point of contact
    for coordinating all high-level ministerial meetings between
    the GON officials and the Embassy or DOL contractors.  The
    Ambassador explained that the DOL program would focus on
    establishing schools in coffee plantations in the departments
    of Madriz and Jinotega, and also on an aggressive public
    awareness campaign run from Managua.  The Ambassador added
    that the issue of combating child labor was apolitical and
    this project demonstrated that the nature of U.S.
    humanitarian aid and the relationship between Nicaragua and
    the U.S. is much larger than politics.  Jaentschke ended the
    meeting by emphasizing that the Presidency would coordinate
    this new DOL project.

    ¶4. (C) In a subsequent side meeting between Embassy Labor
    Attache, DOL contractors from the American Institutes for
    Research (AIR) and Ministry of Labor officials, Vanegas
    repeated the call for better coordination through the
    Presidential Secretariat to combat child labor.  Vanegas
    stated that President Ortega wants to coordinate all social
    welfare programs through the secretariat to improve their
    efficiency and eliminate unnecessary, redundant
    administration costs and any competition or overlaps between
    ministries.  Vanegas remarked that the GON shares the
    enthusiasm for the new DOL child labor eradication program,
    but said that any program that only focuses on one aspect of
    the problem will not be successful.  As an example, Vanegas
    said that "if a child is hungry, he won't pay attention in
    school."  Vanegas reminded the Labor Attache and AIR
    representatives to contact Marcia Ramirez, in the
    Presidential Secretariat, when scheduling any meetings with
    representatives from other ministries.  The Labor Attache
    asked Vanegas whether this new requirement to coordinate all
    minister-level meetings through the Presidential Secretariat
    applied to other DOL-funded programs with the Ministry of
    Labor, and the response was "yes."  (COMMENT: During his
    remarks in both meetings Vanegas never overtly said that the
    $5 million grant would be directly transferred to the
    Presidency, however, it was clearly implied by his comments
    about managing the money and the need for close coordination
    of the program by the Presidential Secretariat. END COMMENT)

    Media Message Hijacked by FSLN
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    ¶5. (C) On November 5, the two major independent newspapers La
    Prensa and El Nuevo Diario carried stories entitled "Program
    Love receives support from the U.S." and "US$ 5 Million from
    U.S. for Program Love," regarding the Ambassador,s
    roundtable meeting and press conference.  Both reports
    highlighted Murillo,s "Programa Amor" and that the U.S.
    continues to support the FSLN government by giving money
    directly to it.  (NOTE: Finland,s Embassy announced on
    November 2, 2008 that it would withdraw two million Euros
    (US$2.5 million) of continuing budget support to Nicaragua.
    END NOTE)  Vanegas was quoted in the La Prensa article
    saying, "this money (US$5 million) will be managed by the
    National Social Welfare System, where it will be distributed
    to all ministries that work in the social arena."  The U.S.
    Embassy press release, given to reporters at the event, did
    not include any reference to "Programa Amor" nor did it state
    that funds would be transferred directly to the GON
    presidency to run this program.

    COMMENT
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    ¶5. (C) The ministerial roundtable came about only after we
    sent a formal diplomatic note to the MINREX when four
    previous attempts to meet with the Labor Minister failed.
    The Ambassador,s MINREX roundtable was designed to formally
    announce the program and deliver award letters to the five
    GON ministries.  However, it was overtly manipulated by the
    FSLN government.  The primary objective of the formal
    announcement was to facilitate a meeting between the Embassy
    and the Minister of Labor as well as establish the ground
    rules for going forward on the new DOL child labor
    initiative.  The press reporting of the event was clearly
    hijacked by the FSLN as our embassy-cleared press release
    language did not appear in either news story, nor did the
    Ambassador,s talking points.  We suspect that the
    government,s focus on the false statement that this DOL
    program would support "Programa Amor" was designed in large
    part to deflect attention away from prior day,s announcement
    by Finland regarding aid cuts.  We remain concerned by the
    government,s insistence that all aid be centrally controlled
    and distributed.  The government has alluded to this plan in
    its recent attacks on NGOs, but this event was the first time
    we had seen the GON attempting to implement it.  While we
    welcome GON,s request to centrally schedule all
    cabinet-level meetings, we fear the long-term negative
    ramifications for U.S. and other donor assistance if GON
    forces the issue of GON-controlled development funds.
    CALLAHAN

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