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### Viewing cable 05PANAMA331, SCENESETTER: CODEL TAYLOR'S FEBRUARY 20-22 VISIT

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05PANAMA331 | 2005-02-14 23:14 | 2011-05-29 00:00 | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | Embassy Panama

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    UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 05 PANAMA 000331

    SIPDIS

    SENSITIVE

    DEPARTMENT FOR WHA/CEN
    SOUTHCOM ALSO FOR POLAD
    VANCOUVER FOR CG ARREAGA

    E.O. 12958: N/A
    TAGS: OREP PGOV PREL EINV AMGT ASEC PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
    SUBJECT: SCENESETTER: CODEL TAYLOR'S FEBRUARY 20-22 VISIT
    TO PANAMA

    ¶1. (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified.  Please
    protect accordingly.

    ¶2. (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Panama, I would like to
    extend our warmest welcome on the upcoming February 20-22
    visit of your delegation to Panama.  You will have the
    opportunity to review a wide range of issues including
    security and law enforcement.  Your visit here, as the
    government of Martin Torrijos enters its sixth month,
    signals the great interest of the United States in
    strengthening our excellent relations with the Panamanians.
    (Secretary of State Powell visited Panama on November 3,
    2003, to attend Panama's Centennial celebrations and
    again on September 1, 2004, to attend the presidential
    inauguration.  Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld visited Panama
    November 13-14, 2004, to discuss ongoing security and law
    enforcement cooperation and Canal issues.)  Cooperation on
    a wide range of issues -- including security, law
    enforcement policy, and trade -- promises to reach new
    levels under the Torrijos government.  Elected as a
    modernizing, anti-corruption reformer by the largest post-
    1989 plurality on record, Torrijos has made clear that his
    most important foreign policy priority is relations with
    the United States and that he intends to deepen our mutual
    focus on counter-terrorism capabilities, combating
    international criminal networks, and expanding trade and
    investment. Torrijos is the first Panamanian president
    elected after the handover of the Canal on December 31,
    1999, and the final withdrawal of U.S. forces.  U.S.
    relations with Panama are more mature than in the past,
    based on mutual economic and security interests.

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    A Brief History
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    ¶3. (U) From its founding in 1903 until 1968, the Republic
    of Panama was a constitutional democracy dominated by a
    commercially-oriented oligarchy focused on Panama as an
    entrepot for international trade.  In October 1968, Dr.
    Arnulfo Arias Madrid, the deceased husband of former
    Panamanian President Mireya Moscoso, was deposed from the
    presidency by the Panamanian military.  General Omar
    Torrijos (d. 1981), the deceased father of current
    Panamanian President Martin Torrijos, became dictator and
    was succeeded in infamy by General Manuel Noriega.  On
    December 20, 1989, President George H.W. Bush ordered the
    U.S. military into Panama to restore democracy, protect
    AmCits and their property, fulfill U.S. treaty
    responsibilities to operate and defend the Canal, and bring
    Noriega to justice.  Noriega is still serving a 30-year
    sentence in Miami for drug trafficking.  Panama has held
    free and fair elections three times since 1989,
    transferring power from/to opposition parties.

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    President Torrijos and a New Generation
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    ¶4. (SBU) In his September 1, 2004, inaugural address,
    Torrijos clearly identified his government's principal
    priorities as sustainable economic development and poverty
    alleviation, investment, fiscal reform, increased
    government transparency, and job creation.  The new
    president and his Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) --
    largely purged of its former anti-democratic, anti-U.S.
    tendencies and holding an absolute majority in the
    Legislative Assembly -- has faced large challenges from the
    outset: a serious budget shortfall and tide of red ink left
    by the outgoing government; urgently required action to
    right the nation's foundering retirement and medical system
    (the Social Security Fund); restoring public confidence in
    government institutions and the rule of law; completing the
    Free Trade Agreement negotiations with the United States;
    launching a more activist and "coherent" foreign policy
    (including closer relations with Western Europe and a
    review of Panama's relations with Taiwan and China); and a
    decision on how to proceed with Canal expansion, leading to
    a 2005 national referendum.  The GOP has responded to the
    deficit with belt-tightening measures, including  passing
    an unpoular fiscal reform package in late January.

    ¶5. (SBU) Martin Torrijos Espino won Panama's May 2, 2004,
    general elections by what amounted to a local landslide (47
    percent of the popular vote), which propelled his
    Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) into control of the
    Legislative Assembly (42 out of 78 legislative seats).
    Torrijos has surrounded himself with young, primarily U.S.-
    educated professionals like himself, and has marginalized
    "old guard" supporters of former President Ernesto Perez
    Balladares (1994-99).  Torrijos and those closest to him
    have indicated that they intend to work closely with U.S.
    officials, especially on security, law enforcement, trade
    and investment.  Overall, his cabinet appointments have
    been inspired choices -- many of them technocrats with a
    pro-U.S. outlook.  Most (but not all) of Torrijos's
    cabinet-level and other high-level appointments are
    respected professionals without excessive baggage from
    Panama's 21-year military dictatorship or the PRD's anti-
    U.S. faction, a promising sign.  Anticipated pressures from
    a well-entrenched oligarchy could frustrate the Torrijos
    administration's reform plans.

    ¶6. (SBU) After campaigning on a "zero-corruption" platform,
    Torrijos launched a number of anti-corruption
    investigations and initiatives in the opening weeks of his
    administration. His most controversial action was the
    removal and replacement of Supreme Court President Cesar
    Pereira Burgos, who had passed retirement age, in a bid to
    clean up Panama's politicized Supreme Court.  The Embassy
    continues to build its strong Good Governance initiative,
    which began with Ambassador Watt's 2003 speech against
    official corruption. That speech resonated firmly with
    Panamanians from all walks of life and generated front-page
    headlines.  The Ambassador has also stated publicly that
    poverty could pose dangers for democracy and that skewed
    income distribution and social injustice increase the
    appeal of unscrupulous populist demagogues.  The Embassy
    currently supports good governance activities directed
    toward judicial reform, civic education, business ethics,
    and strengthening the anti-corruption prosecutors'
    institutional capacity.  An important element of the
    Embassy's Good Governance initiative is its visa
    revocation program.  Based on Embassy recommendations, the
    State Department in summer 2004 revoked the U.S. visas of
    two former senior GOP officials, which provoked a spate of
    mostly favorable press commentary and huge support (85
    percent according to one poll) from average Panamanians.
    Several other corrupt officials have lost their visas for
    money laundering or related issues and we are ever alert to
    ensure that other corrupt officials who have harmed USG
    interests may not travel to the United States.

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    Security and Law Enforcement Policy
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    ¶7. (SBU) President Torrijos came to office with a clear
    focus on security, particularly regarding canal and
    maritime security, and combating terrorism and
    transnational crime.  His government is taking steps to
    impose order, efficiency, and organization on Panama's
    security agencies.  On May 12, 2004, the U.S. and Panama
    signed a Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI)
    Shipboarding Agreement, underscoring the excellent
    bilateral cooperation that the new GOP has assured us will
    continue or improve.  The Government of Panama (GOP) must
    sort out its financial priorities to address issues such as
    how to adequately patrol Panama's long Caribbean and
    Atlantic coastlines and how to secure Panama's porous
    border with Colombia against guerrilla infiltration.

    ¶8. (SBU) A centerpiece of U.S.-Panamanian relations in
    recent years has been a steadily improving law enforcement
    and security relationship.  Close bilateral cooperation
    with our Panamanian counterparts has yielded many successes
    including, but not limited to, steadily increasing
    narcotics seizures, more sophisticated investigations, an
    active maritime law enforcement relationship, the
    development of specialized units, and an enhanced ability
    to combat money laundering and other illicit financial
    flows.  While the USG's relationship with the Torrijos
    Administration has been positive, there remains work to be
    done to solidify these gains and enhance the effectiveness
    of joint operations.  Panama's law enforcement institutions
    remain weak and all suffer from a paucity of resources and
    limited professional capacity.  Through our assistance
    programs, we are trying to address these shortcomings, but
    real success will require additional resources from the
    Panamanian budget.

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    Security Cooperation
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    ¶9. (SBU) Panama's former sovereignty sensitivities are
    slowly receding with recognition that the challenge of
    securing the Canal and Panama's borders requires a more
    mature and collaborative bilateral relationship.  Panama
    early on gave political support to the Coalition of the
    Willing.  It signed and, on October 8, 2003, ratified a
    bilateral Article 98 Agreement.  Related to Canal and
    border security, Panamanians have become much more willing
    to accept mil-to-mil security training, equipment, and
    other assistance, as was shown during the August 2004
    multinational Panamax naval exercise that centered on Canal
    defense.  The GOP has welcomed Ambassador Watt's initiative
    to increase the number of Medical Readiness Exercises and
    other DOD humanitarian programs that provide much-needed
    assistance to rural Panamanians.  During the 2003 New
    Horizons exercise, both the GOP and local press praised
    U.S. military for constructing schools and clinics.  The
    next New Horizons begins February 2005.  Together, these
    programs highlight the humanitarian side of the U.S.
    military and foster positive public perceptions of the USG.

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    Our Third Border
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    ¶10. (SBU) Panamanian planning, layered defenses and
    security resources are generally well-regarded, although
    the Canal remains an attractive and vulnerable threat to
    terrorists.  Continued U.S. training, equipment and other
    assistance reduce GoP vulnerabilities to any potential
    terrorist attack.  To protect water resources, the Panama
    Canal Authority (ACP) has committed to match dollar-for-
    dollar AID's three-year USD 2.5 million integrated
    watershed management program.  Panama committed to a robust
    maritime security agenda, which led to its timely adoption
    of the new International Maritime Organization (IMO)
    International Shipping and Port Security (ISPS) Code, which
    entered into force July 1, 2004.  Despite significant
    progress, Panama continues to be an important transit point
    for drug smugglers, money launderers, illicit arms
    merchants, and undocumented immigrants heading north.

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    Maritime Security
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    ¶11. (SBU) The GOP has sent strong signals that it intends
    to clamp down on what it calls abuses countenanced by
    previous governments in administering Panama's open ship
    registry and mariner identification documents.  Panama's
    ship registry now is the world's largest and comprises
    around one-quarter of the world's ocean-going fleet (5,525
    large commercial vessels).  About 13 percent of U.S. ocean-
    going cargo transits the Canal each year.  Panama's
    seafarer registry currently licenses over 264,000
    crewmembers.  In response to our homeland security
    concerns, the new GOP had announced intentions to greatly
    improve security and transparency in documenting ships and
    the crews that work on them.  Panama has privatized and
    developed some former U.S. military ports and other related
    facilities.  Port services grew dramatically from about
    200,000 containers per year in the early 1990s to 2 million
    by 2003.  Panama now boasts the leading complex of port
    facilities in Latin America.

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    International Trade and Investment
    ----------------------------------

    ¶12. (U) Panama's approximately $14 billion economy is based
    primarily on a well-developed services sector that accounts
    for roughly 80 percent of GDP.  Services include the Panama
    Canal, banking and financial services, legal services,
    container ports, the Colon Free Zone (CFZ), and flagship
    registry.  Panama also maintains one of the most
    liberalized trade regimes in the hemisphere.  U.S.
    bilateral trade with Panama came to USD 2.1 billion in
    ¶2003.  U.S. exports were USD 1.8 billion and imports were
    USD 301 million in 2003.  The stock of U.S. Foreign Direct
    Investment (FDI) in 2002 was USD 20 billion.  U.S. FDI is
    primarily concentrated in the financial sector.  Per capita
    GDP is around $4,000.

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    Free Trade Agreement
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    ¶13. (SBU) Former President Moscoso pushed to move forward
    quickly on a bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
    Negotiations began in April 2004; to date, the U.S. and
    Panama have held eight negotiating rounds.  The last round
    held January 31 to February 6 in Washington failed to close
    the agreement, primarily because of Panamanian agricultural
    sensitivities surrounding rice, poultry, and pork.  Panama
    also has a strong desire to increase its existing sugar
    quota.  It's not clear when a new round will be scheduled;
    however, the GoP needs to be more realistic regarding its
    aspirations if the agreement is to close.  The Torrijos
    administration views a bilateral FTA as imperative to
    attract investment, increase exports, and make Panama
    competitive with the CAFTA countries.  Jerry Wilson,
    President of Panama's Legislative Assembly, has commented
    to Embassy officials that, once negotiated, the FTA
    agreement "will pass."

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    Canal Stewardship
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    ¶14. (SBU) During the past five years, the Panama Canal
    Authority (ACP) has proven itself an able administrator,
    turning the Panama Canal into an efficient and profitable
    business.  Since the 1999 handover, the ACP has reduced the
    average Canal transit times by one-third (from 36 hours to
    24 hours), has reduced accidents in Canal waters
    significantly, and has overseen large-scale upgrade and
    maintenance projects, such as widening the Gaillard Cut to
    allow simultaneous two-way transits.  The ACP also has
    increased revenues, which in FY 2004, exceeded USD one
    billion for the first time.  The government of Panama
    received USD 332 million from the Canal in FY 2004
    (payments for government services, tolls, and profits).

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    Canal Expansion
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    ¶15. (SBU) The Torrijos team plans to make Canal expansion a
    top priority.  The proposed Canal expansion project to
    construct a third-set of locks has an estimated price tag
    of USD 4-6 billion and is expected to take 8-10 years to
    complete.  It expects the project to be a transforming
    event for Panama that will provide jobs and set the tone
    economically for years to come.  Given the driving forces
    of international shipping -- containerization, construction
    of "post-Panamax" mega-ships currently unable to traverse
    the Canal, and growing trade between East Asia and the U.S.
    eastern seaboard -- the expansion is central to maintaining
    the Canal's future viability.  The expansion is expected to
    be financed through a combination of Canal revenues, new
    user fees, and bridge loans.  However, Panama's
    constitution requires a national referendum first be
    submitted to the Panamanian people for their approval.  GOP
    officials have stated this referendum will most likely
    occur in late 2005 or early 2006.

    WATT

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