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Viewing cable 08BOGOTA3181, AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO CAUCA, JULY 30, 2008

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08BOGOTA3181 2008-08-27 23:23 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Bogota
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TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 4420
RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA 8347
RUEHLP/AMEMBASSY LA PAZ AUG LIMA 6499
RUEHZP/AMEMBASSY PANAMA 2211
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UNCLAS BOGOTA 003181 
 
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TAGS: PGOV EAID PHUM EINV ETRD PTER PREL ECON CO
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO CAUCA, JULY 30, 2008 
 
1. (U) SUMMARY: The Ambassador traveled on July 30 to the Department 
of Cauca to meet with local political, security, and civil society 
representatives, as well as to visit USAID sponsored sites in and 
around Popayan, Cauca.  During his visit he emphasized the 
U.S.-Colombia partnership in matters of security and development. 
The Ambassador received a briefing on military and counter-narcotics 
operations in the region from Brigadier General Alfonso Barrero. He 
and USAID Mission Director Susan Reichle visited three USAID 
partnered projects:  a water treatment facility, a specialty coffee 
farm, and a community social services center.  The Ambassador also 
had lunch with the governor of Cauca, the mayor of Popayan, the 
rector of the University of Cauca, members of the Chamber of 
Commerce of Cauca, and members of the department's governing 
council.  Governor Guillermo Alberto Gonzalez accompanied the 
Ambassador throughout the day. 
 
Security and Military Operations in Cauca 
----------------------------------------- 
2.  (SBU) Brigadier General Leonardo Alfonso Barrero Cordillo of the 
29th Colombian Army Brigade briefed Ambassador Brownfield on the 
progress of security in Cauca, highlighting the increase in 
demobilized, captured, and killed guerillas in the region.  Barrero 
said that they had already captured 266 guerillas in 2008 compared 
to 332 in all of 2007.  In addition, he pointed out that their 
specific targeting of narcotics trafficking has resulted in the 
capture 1,209 kilos of processed cocaine in 2008 compared to 409 
kilos in 2007 and the destruction of 97 drug laboratories so far in 
2008 compared to 164 for all of 2007.  Barrero also lauded the 
partnership between the Colombian military and the US MILGRP which 
has helped fund the construction of a health center, a school, and 
an emergency room in Corinto, Cauca that will open soon. 
 
3.  (SBU) Ambassador asked about reports of tension between the army 
and indigenous communities in Cauca.  Barrero admitted to some 
tension.  He attributed it to two factors: 1) young indigenous 
leaders from the far left in some communities, and 2) land title 
disputes between some indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities. 
 
 
Partnerships Promote Opportunity, Development and Access to 
Services 
--------------------------------------------- ---------- 
 
4. (U) The Ambassador visited three USAID projects in the Popayan 
area that have increased local access to services for vulnerable 
populations and alternative development.  The Ambassador toured the 
Rio Negro Water Treatment Facility.  USAID contributed US$300,000 to 
the US$454,000 project which resulted in the construction of the 
largest water treatment plant in the country that uses a 
non-chemical treatment process.  The water treatment facility 
benefits 7,000 people including vulnerable families as well as 1,224 
internally displaced persons (IDPs) across three municipalities. 
The local community supported the project and is responsible for its 
construction, management and ongoing operations.  The Ambassador 
spoke with a number of key community leaders involved in the project 
as well as vulnerable and internally displaced beneficiaries of the 
facility. 
 
5. (U) The Ambassador visited a coffee farm that participates in 
USAID's Specialty Coffee Program 'CAFES'.  The CAFES program 
provides an economic alternative to coca by working with thousands 
of specialty coffee farmers across Colombia, their producer 
associations, and international and Colombian specialty coffee 
private sector entities to open new market niches for specialty 
coffee.  USAID assistance reaches more than 10% of the 80,000 coffee 
farmers in Cauca.  The Ambassador was given a tour by the farm owner 
and was accompanied by the governor, a Cauca representative of the 
National Coffee Federation and USAID's local partners.  The tour 
highlighted how coffee is grown and processed, the benefits of 
specialty coffee, and accompanying food security activities.  Media 
was present for the tour and subsequent coffee tasting ceremony 
where local specialty coffees were graded for quality. 
 
6. (U) The Ambassador concluded his visit to Popayan with a stop at 
the Centro de Atencion Integral de la Familia (CAIF), a community 
social services center that benefits the local internally displaced 
and vulnerable population.  CAIF's construction was funded by USAID, 
FundaColombia(Coca-Cola Foundation) and Cauca's Pension Social Fund 
(COMFACAUCA) to provide integrated social services to vulnerable 
families and IDP's, including nutrition, training for parents, 
childcare, and social and cultural activities for children.  The 
CAIF benefits 532 children, 192 parents, and 50 pregnant women 
 
Positive Press Coverage 
----------------------- 
6. (U) The Ambassador's visit received extensive local print and 
broadcast coverage, which served to emphasize USG soft side support 
to the southeastern Department of Cauca.  PAS organized an exclusive 
interview with Popayan's main daily, El Liberal 
(traditionalist/liberalist editorial line; readership 75,000), which 
ran under the headline "A Visit with a Coffee Aroma" and featured 
the Ambassador's visit to the coffee farm.  RCN Radio (listeners 
607,300) also featured the Ambassador's visit to CAIF.  Press 
coverage allowed us to deliver basic public affairs messages about 
US support for vulnerable communities, alternatives to illicit 
drugs, trade and investment opportunities, and the "soft side" of US 
support for Colombia. 
 
8.  COMMENT: Cauca is a front line department in many of Colombia's 
strategic challenges.  It has many IDP's, large Afro-Colombian and 
indigenous communities, residual FARC along its Pacific coast and 
eastern sectors, and some remaining coca production.  It is, in 
short, Colombia's national challenge in microcosm.  This visit 
suggests they are moving in the right direction on their 
challenges. 
 
BROWNFIELD