Keep Us Strong WikiLeaks logo

Currently released so far... 97115 / 251,287

Articles

Browse latest releases

Browse by creation date

Browse by origin

A B C D F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

Browse by tag

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
ETRD EAGR ETTC EAID ECON EFIN ECIN EINV ELAB EAIR ENRG EPET EWWT ECPS EIND EMIN ELTN EC ETMIN EUC EZ ET ELECTIONS ENVR EU EUN EG EINT ER ECONOMICS ES EMS ENIV EEB EN ECE ECOSOC EK ENVIRONMENT EFIS EI EWT ENGRD ECPSN EXIM EIAD ERIN ECPC EDEV ENGY ECTRD EPA ESTH ECCT EINVECON ENGR ERTD EUR EAP EWWC ELTD EL EXIMOPIC EXTERNAL ETRDEC ESCAP ECO EGAD ELNT ECONOMIC ENV ETRN EIAR EUMEM ENRGPARMOTRASENVKGHGPGOVECONTSPLEAID EREL ECOM ECONETRDEAGRJA ETCC ETRG ECONOMY EMED ETR ENERG EITC EFINOECD EURM EENG ERA EXPORT ENRD ECONEINVETRDEFINELABETRDKTDBPGOVOPIC EGEN EBRD EVIN ETRAD ECOWAS EFTA ECONETRDBESPAR EGOVSY EPIN EID ECONENRG EDRC ESENV ETT EB ENER ELTNSNAR ECHEVARRIA ETRC EPIT EDUC ESA EFI ENRGY ESCI EE EAIDXMXAXBXFFR EETC ECIP EIAID EIVN EBEXP ESTN EING EGOV ETRA EPETEIND ELAN ETRDGK EAIDRW ETRDEINVECINPGOVCS EPEC ENVI ELN EAG EPCS EPRT EPTED ETRB EUM EAIDS EFIC EFINECONEAIDUNGAGM EAIDAR ESF EIDN ELAM EDU EV EAIDAF ECN EDA EXBS EINTECPS ENRGTRGYETRDBEXPBTIOSZ EPREL EAC EINVEFIN ETA EAGER EINDIR ECA ECLAC ELAP EITI EUCOM ECONEFINETRDPGOVEAGRPTERKTFNKCRMEAID EARG ELDIN EINVKSCA ENNP EFINECONCS EFINTS ECCP ETC EAIRASECCASCID EINN ETRP EAIDNI EFQ ECOQKPKO EGPHUM EBUD ECONEINVEFINPGOVIZ ENERGY ELB EINDETRD EMI ECONEFIN EIB EURN ETRDEINVTINTCS EIN EFIM ETIO ELAINE EMN EATO EWTR EIPR EINVETC ETTD ETDR EIQ ECONCS EPPD ENRGIZ EISL ESPINOSA ELEC EAIG ESLCO EUREM ENTG ERD EINVECONSENVCSJA EEPET EUNCH ECINECONCS ETRO ETRDECONWTOCS ECUN EFND EPECO EAIRECONRP ERGR ETRDPGOV ECPN ENRGMO EPWR EET EAIS EAGRE EDUARDO EAGRRP EAIDPHUMPRELUG EICN ECONQH EVN EGHG ELBR EINF EAIDHO EENV ETEX ERNG ED
KMDR KPAO KPKO KJUS KCRM KGHG KFRD KWMN KDEM KTFN KHIV KGIC KIDE KSCA KNNP KHUM KIPR KSUM KISL KIRF KCOR KRCM KPAL KWBG KN KS KOMC KSEP KFLU KPWR KTIA KSEO KMPI KHLS KICC KSTH KMCA KVPR KPRM KE KU KZ KFLO KSAF KTIP KTEX KBCT KOCI KOLY KOR KAWC KACT KUNR KTDB KSTC KLIG KSKN KNN KCFE KCIP KGHA KHDP KPOW KUNC KDRL KV KPREL KCRS KPOL KRVC KRIM KGIT KWIR KT KIRC KOMO KRFD KUWAIT KG KFIN KSCI KTFIN KFTN KGOV KPRV KSAC KGIV KCRIM KPIR KSOC KBIO KW KGLB KMWN KPO KFSC KSEAO KSTCPL KSI KPRP KREC KFPC KUNH KCSA KMRS KNDP KR KICCPUR KPPAO KCSY KTBT KCIS KNEP KFRDCVISCMGTCASCKOCIASECPHUMSMIGEG KNNB KGCC KINR KPOP KMFO KENV KNAR KVIR KDRG KDMR KFCE KNAO KDEN KGCN KICA KIMMITT KMCC KLFU KMSG KSEC KUM KCUL KMNP KSMT KCOM KOMCSG KSPR KPMI KRAD KIND KCRP KAUST KWAWC KTER KCHG KRDP KPAS KITA KTSC KPAOPREL KWGB KIRP KJUST KMIG KLAB KTFR KSEI KSTT KAPO KSTS KLSO KWNN KPOA KHSA KNPP KPAONZ KBTS KWWW KY KJRE KPAOKMDRKE KCRCM KSCS KWMNCI KESO KWUN KPLS KIIP KEDEM KPAOY KRIF KGICKS KREF KTRD KFRDSOCIRO KTAO KJU KWMNPHUMPRELKPAOZW KEN KO KNEI KEMR KKIV KEAI KWAC KRCIM KWCI KFIU KWIC KCORR KOMS KNNO KPAI KBWG KTTB KTBD KTIALG KILS KFEM KTDM KESS KNUC KPA KOMCCO KCEM KRCS KWBGSY KNPPIS KNNPMNUC KWN KERG KLTN KALM KCCP KSUMPHUM KREL KGH KLIP KTLA KAWK KWMM KVRP KVRC KAID KSLG KDEMK KX KIF KNPR KCFC KFTFN KTFM KPDD KCERS KMOC KDEMAF KMEPI KEMS KDRM KEPREL KBTR KEDU KNP KIRL KNNR KMPT KISLPINR KTPN KA KJUSTH KPIN KDEV KTDD KAKA KFRP KWNM KTSD KINL KJUSKUNR KWWMN KECF KWBC KPRO KVBL KOM KFRDKIRFCVISCMGTKOCIASECPHUMSMIGEG KEDM KFLD KLPM KRGY KNNF KICR KIFR KM KWMNCS KAWS KLAP KPAK KDDG KCGC KID KNSD KMPF KPFO KDP KCMR KRMS KNPT KNNNP KTIAPARM KDTB KNUP KPGOV KNAP KNNC KUK KSRE KREISLER KIVP KQ KTIAEUN KPALAOIS KRM KISLAO KWM KFLOA
PHUM PINR PTER PGOV PREL PREF PL PM PHSA PE PARM PINS PK PUNE PO PALESTINIAN PU PBTS PROP PTBS POL POLI PA PGOVZI POLMIL POLITICAL PARTIES POLM PD POLITICS POLICY PAS PMIL PINT PNAT PV PKO PPOL PERSONS PING PBIO PH PETR PARMS PRES PCON PETERS PRELBR PT PLAB PP PAK PDEM PKPA PSOCI PF PLO PTERM PJUS PSOE PELOSI PROPERTY PGOVPREL PARP PRL PNIR PHUMKPAL PG PREZ PGIC PBOV PAO PKK PROV PHSAK PHUMPREL PROTECTION PGOVBL PSI PRELPK PGOVENRG PUM PRELKPKO PATTY PSOC PRIVATIZATION PRELSP PGOVEAIDUKNOSWGMHUCANLLHFRSPITNZ PMIG PREC PAIGH PROG PSHA PARK PETER POG PHUS PPREL PS PTERPREL PRELPGOV POV PKPO PGOVECON POUS PGOVPRELPHUMPREFSMIGELABEAIDKCRMKWMN PWBG PMAR PREM PAR PNR PRELPGOVEAIDECONEINVBEXPSCULOIIPBTIO PARMIR PGOVGM PHUH PARTM PN PRE PTE PY POLUN PPEL PDOV PGOVSOCI PIRF PGOVPM PBST PRELEVU PGOR PBTSRU PRM PRELKPAOIZ PGVO PERL PGOC PAGR PMIN PHUMR PVIP PPD PGV PRAM PINL PKPAL PTERE PGOF PINO PHAS PODC PRHUM PHUMA PREO PPA PEPFAR PGO PRGOV PAC PRESL PORG PKFK PEPR PRELP PREFA PNG PGOVPHUMKPAO PRELECON PINOCHET PFOR PGOVLO PHUMBA PRELC PREK PHUME PHJM POLINT PGOVPZ PGOVKCRM PGOVE PHALANAGE PARTY PECON PEACE PROCESS PLN PRELSW PAHO PEDRO PRELA PASS PPAO PGPV PNUM PCUL PGGV PSA PGOVSMIGKCRMKWMNPHUMCVISKFRDCA PGIV PRFE POGOV PEL PBT PAMQ PINF PSEPC POSTS PHUMPGOV PVOV PHSAPREL PROLIFERATION PENA PRELTBIOBA PIN PRELL PGOVPTER PHAM PHYTRP PTEL PTERPGOV PHARM PROTESTS PRELAF PKBL PRELKPAO PKNP PARMP PHUML PFOV PERM PUOS PRELGOV PHUMPTER PARAGRAPH PERURENA PBTSEWWT PCI PETROL PINSO PINSCE PQL PEREZ PBS

Browse by classification

Community resources

courage is contagious

Viewing cable 05BRASILIA2687, BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE: WEEK OF 3-7

If you are new to these pages, please read an introduction on the structure of a cable as well as how to discuss them with others. See also the FAQs

Understanding cables
Every cable message consists of three parts:
  • The top box shows each cables unique reference number, when and by whom it originally was sent, and what its initial classification was.
  • The middle box contains the header information that is associated with the cable. It includes information about the receiver(s) as well as a general subject.
  • The bottom box presents the body of the cable. The opening can contain a more specific subject, references to other cables (browse by origin to find them) or additional comment. This is followed by the main contents of the cable: a summary, a collection of specific topics and a comment section.
To understand the justification used for the classification of each cable, please use this WikiSource article as reference.

Discussing cables
If you find meaningful or important information in a cable, please link directly to its unique reference number. Linking to a specific paragraph in the body of a cable is also possible by copying the appropriate link (to be found at theparagraph symbol). Please mark messages for social networking services like Twitter with the hash tags #cablegate and a hash containing the reference ID e.g. #05BRASILIA2687.
Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
05BRASILIA2687 2005-10-07 19:29 2011-07-11 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Brasilia
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 BRASILIA 002687 
 
SIPDIS 
 
TREASURY FOR PARODI; STATE PASS USTR AND USAID/LAC 
 
E.O. 12958:  N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PREL BR
SUBJECT: BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE: WEEK OF 3-7 
OCTOBER 2005 
 
REF: (A) BRASILIA 2614 
     (B) BRASILIA 2601 AND PREVIOUS 
 
1.(U) Introduction: Brazil experienced a relatively 
quiet week on the political scandal front, as congressional 
investigators sought to regain their bearings following the 
leadership change in the lower house.  The three 
congressional inquiry committees focused on the 
interlocking scandals (ref b) returned to work, even as 
President Lula da Silva charged there were too many 
unconfirmed accusations and allegations. Lula's comments 
drew a sharp rejoinder from the opposition's Senate leader. 
End summary. 
 
"DENUNCISMO" 
----------- 
 
2.  (U) The week got off to a bad start for Lula's Workers' 
Party (PT) when its former Secretary-General, Silvio 
Pereira, gave an interview published in Sunday's Folha de 
Sao Paulo in which he alleged that the entire PT Executive 
Committee knew all about the "Caixa 2" illegal campaign 
fundraising schemes.  Numerous members of the executive 
committee and other party leaders rushed into print with 
categorical denials of any such knowledge. 
 
3. (U) In a speech Monday to the Sao Paulo State 
Federation of Industries (FIESP), Lula complained of a 
climate of "denuncismo" characterized by allegations and 
accusations which in the end are not corroborated or 
confirmed.  "And there are no apologies, no reparations, no 
retractions," Lula complained.  Coming off his victory in 
getting political ally Aldo Rebelo elected President of the 
lower house, Lula appears to be trying to move off the 
defensive and intensifying efforts to put the scandal 
behind him.  But his remarks drew a sharp rejoinder from 
Arthur Virgilio, leader of the opposition PSDB in the 
Senate.  In a twenty-minute speech, Virgilio listed the 
names of all the individuals and private and state-owned 
companies who have been implicated in the scandal and have 
suffered consequences.  These include 15 Members of 
Congress facing possible expulsion, one already expelled, 
three who resigned (Virgilio gratuitously included ousted 
lower house President Severino Cavalcanti, whose downfall 
was caused by an entirely unrelated incident), and numerous 
executives of state-owned companies who were forced to step 
down.  In all, he said, 47 private companies and 26 state 
entities have been enmeshed.  "If it were all merely 
'denuncismo,' nobody would have had to be fired, nobody 
would have had to pay some price," Virgilio said.  Leading 
media pundits such as columnist Dora Kramer also quickly 
criticized Lula's apparent effort to dismiss in such a 
facile manner five months of devastating revelations and 
investigations. 
 
IN THE CPIs 
----------- 
 
4.  (U) On Tuesday, after several unsuccessful attempts, 
the congressional inquiry committee (CPI) charged with 
pursuing corruption in the postal service was finally able 
to assemble a quorum and voted to break the banking, tax, 
and telephone secrecy privilege of eleven brokerage firms 
involved in pension fund investments.  The CPI continues to 
track allegations of irregularities in state-owned 
companies and dubious fund-raising activities by the PT. 
PT and allied members on the committee have been accused of 
trying to sabotage the CPI's work by failing to attend 
meetings, thereby depriving the committee of a quorum. 
Their sudden appearance may signal a shift in tactics as 
the government now wants to ensure that the CPIs complete 
their work and disband in the allotted six-month time 
frame, so as not to extend their activities into the 
election year.  The Postal Service CPI is due to finish its 
work December 9, but most provisions are for an extension 
of its mandate into early 2006. 
 
4. (U) Also on October 4, the CPI investigating bingo 
corruption voted to summon Lula's personal secretary, 
Gilberto Carvalho, to a confrontation October 26 with the 
brothers of Celso Daniel, the murdered PT mayor of Santo 
Andre (ref B).  Daniel was murdered in January 2002 in what 
many now suspect was a crime related to politics and 
municipal corruption.  Carvalho, who is alleged to have 
directed efforts to cover up the crime to keep it from 
tainting the PT, testified before the committee on 
September 15.  Celso Daniel's brothers, Joao Francisco and 
Bruno, have testified that Carvalho described to them the 
outlines of a corruption scheme managed by Lula's former 
Chief of Staff, Jose Dirceu --allegations both Carvalho and 
Dirceu stridently deny.  An irritated President Lula said, 
"I'm still waiting for the Bingo CPI to call a bingo 
operator."  This CPI has focused much of its attention on 
municipal corruption allegations involving the PT, as well 
as corruption related to bingo operations. 
 
EXPULSIONS 
---------- 
4.On Wednesday, the enforcement arm ("Corregedoria") of 
the lower house issued a report formally recommending the 
expulsion of thirteen members implicated in the scandal. 
Most are accused of withdrawing funds from companies or 
accounts controlled by Marcos Valerio.  The house 
leadership is expected next week to approve the opening of 
expulsion processes against the thirteen.  The first step 
in the process is be an investigation by the Ethics 
Committee, some of whose members are believed to favor 
exonerating some of the accused. 
 
DANILOVICH