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Viewing cable 07LAPAZ515, BOLIVIA FLOODING SITREP 1: FEBRUARY 26, 2007

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07LAPAZ515 2007-02-26 20:23 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy La Paz
VZCZCXYZ0000
PP RUEHWEB

DE RUEHLP #0515/01 0572023
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 262023Z FEB 07
FM AMEMBASSY LA PAZ
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 2603
INFO RUEHAC/AMEMBASSY ASUNCION 6579
RUEHBO/AMEMBASSY BOGOTA 3897
RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA 7787
RUEHBU/AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES 5032
RUEHCV/AMEMBASSY CARACAS 2264
RUEHPE/AMEMBASSY LIMA 2368
RUEHMD/AMEMBASSY MADRID 3335
RUEHMN/AMEMBASSY MONTEVIDEO 4435
RUEHQT/AMEMBASSY QUITO 4909
RUEHSJ/AMEMBASSY SAN JOSE 1600
RUEHSG/AMEMBASSY SANTIAGO 9499
RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA 0072
RUEHBS/USEU BRUSSELS
RHMFIUU/HQ USSOUTHCOM MIAMI FL
RUMIAAA/USCINCSO MIAMI FL
RUEHUB/USINT HAVANA 0169
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHINGTON DC
RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHINGTON DC
UNCLAS LA PAZ 000515 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR WHA/AND 
SAN JOSE FOR USAID/OFDA TIMOTHY CALLAGHAN 
STATE PASS AID FOR DCHA/OFDA, MILENA POPP; LAC/SA, JEFF 
BAKKEN; 
DCHA/FFP, BARRY BURNETT 
LIMA FOR DHS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAID AMED ASUP CASC EAGR ECON PREL BL
SUBJECT: BOLIVIA FLOODING SITREP 1: FEBRUARY 26, 2007 
 
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Summary 
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1. (SBU) The worst flooding in Bolivia in 25 years has 
affected around 350,000 people, mainly in Bolivia's eastern 
departments of the Beni and Santa Cruz, causing over USD 100 
million of damage to the agricultural sector and outbreaks of 
dengue fever and malaria.  The governor of the Beni told the 
Charge that 17,000 families, cattle, and crops in the Beni 
were affected by flooding.  He complained that the central 
government was not coordinating with the regional government 
to provide aid effectively.  He said that evacuees are in 
need of tents, children's clothing, medicine, and bedding as 
the floods spread to new areas.  End summary. 
 
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Floods Ravage the East 
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2. (U) Over 65 percent of the Bolivian territory is suffering 
the effects of a particularly strong El Nino phenomenon, 
including flooding, drought, and hail, according to press 
reports.  Following are damage estimates: 
 
- Heavy flooding has affected an estimated 350,000 people, 
mainly in Bolivia's eastern departments of the Beni and Santa 
Cruz, leaving 35 dead and 6 missing, according to press 
reports.  Post has no reports of Amcits affected to date. 
 
- Press reports indicate that this is the worst flooding that 
has occurred in the past 25 years. 
 
- Forty percent of the territory of the Beni is underwater. 
 
- The government is now preparing contingency plans for the 
complete evacuation of the city of Trinidad, capital of the 
Beni with a population of 90,000 people.  (Note: Only 28 
Amcits are registered in Trinidad and 40 in the Beni.  End 
note.) 
 
- The president of the Eastern Agriculture Chamber estimated 
that the floods had caused over USD 100 million of damage to 
the country's agricultural sector alone.  Almost 500,000 
acres of crops have been destroyed in Santa Cruz. 
 
- The flooding has already produced almost 500 cases of 
dengue fever and 1,500 cases of malaria. 
 
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The Beni Suffers USD 115 Million in Losses 
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3. (SBU) Prefect Ernesto Suarez, governor of Bolivia's 
eastern Beni department, met with the Charge on February 26 
and mentioned the following problems in the Beni: 
 
- 17,000 families have been affected by flooding in the Beni. 
 Up to 500,000 head of cattle could die before the crisis is 
over. 
 
- The economic damage to the department could amount to more 
than USD 115 million in losses of housing, clothes, cattle, 
crops, and roads. 
 
- International aid from Peru, Venezuela, Spain, and 
Argentina, including helicopters, has arrived late due to the 
central government's slowness to act.  The central government 
is not coordinating with the regional government to 
distribute aid effectively.  The central government refuses 
to acknowledge the extent of damage in the Beni.  Suarez 
requested our assistance in obtaining satellite images to 
show the GOB to encourage it to declare the Beni a natural 
disaster zone. 
 
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Aid Efforts Underway, but Insufficient 
-------------------------------------- 
 
4. (SBU) Suarez explained that the regional government had 
turned 24 schools into temporary shelters and set up 12 camps 
in rural areas.  Because of the need for shelters, school had 
been suspended in the capital, Trinidad.  He said that over 
13,000 people were being given food and medicine by municipal 
governments and the prefecture.  However, the water is 
spreading to new areas, and the aid that has been received 
thus far is insufficient, he said.  He said they need tents, 
children's clothing, medicine, and bedding.  The Charge 
explained that the Embassy had already given approximately 
USD 500,000 in aid, would be sending 200 tents to the Beni 
today, and would announce another donation shortly.  (Note: 
Post is also seeking permission from the Office of Personnel 
Management to raise funds within the mission.  End note.) 
 
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Comment 
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5. (SBU) Prefect Suarez added that the flood waters are 
spreading to other areas of the Beni and that they are 
unlikely to recede from low-lying regions for two months. 
Given that flood waters are continuing to rise, the full 
extent of this disaster remains to be seen.  Nonetheless, 
this disaster will have dramatic consequences and a major 
impact on Bolivia's agricultural sector.  Post is analyzing 
additional support from the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster 
Assistance and the United States Southern Command, as well as 
seeking to publicize donations to improve the USG image.  End 
comment. 
URS