Maquileaks (ups....)

Sobre os voos da CIA, que parece que afinal até sabíamos da existência dos mesmos...

INTERNATIONAL MILITARY ENGAGEMENT

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4. (SBU) The Portuguese government provides liberal access to
Portuguese air and seaports for U.S. military operations in
support of our efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan. This year
2,557 U.S. military aircraft have flown over
Portuguese-controlled airspace and 1,103 have transited
through Lajes Air Base in the Azores.

Fonte: el pais

Mas sobre Chavez, diz-se isto...

E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/01/2018
TAGS: PREL, PGOV, PO
SUBJECT: (S/NF) PORTUGAL: "WE KNOW CHAVEZ IS A CRAZY MAN
BUT..."

When we raise U.S. concerns over policies implemented by the Chavez administration, our interlocutors regularly assure us that they understand our concerns and use the visits to deliver tough messages in private.President Cavaco Silva summed it up when he told Ambassador (ref A) that, "You have to understand our position. We have five hundred thousand (sic) Portuguese there. We know--and I've met him--that he's a

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crazy man, but..."

Fonte: el pais

Sobre o Millenium... ups outra vez!

3. (C/NF) On February 5, Poleconoff met with Carlos Santos Ferreira, Chairman of the Executive Board of Millennium BCP (formerly the Portuguese Commercial Bank), at the request of Ferreira's advisor who is a longtime contact of the Embassy. Ferreira
discussed a proposal by the Iranian banking sector to establish a relationship with Millennium to further trade and commercial opportunities. He noted that Iran has other options in Europe but may be interested in Portugal for its less restrictive regulatory environment. (Iran already has relations with various European banks, including HSBC, Deutsche Bank, Danske, and Banque Commercial de Placement.) Ferreira insisted that while the costs of the Iranian proposal could outweigh the benefits to Millennium, the bank would be open to establishing a relationship with Iran in
order to help the USG track the financial activities of the Iranian government.

fonte: el pais