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Viewing cable 08LAPAZ2601, BOLIVIAN FOOD SAFETY: TENTATIVE STEPS FORWARD

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08LAPAZ2601 2008-12-18 12:37 2011-08-30 01:44 CONFIDENTIAL Embassy La Paz
VZCZCXRO9581
PP RUEHLMC
DE RUEHLP #2601/01 3531237
ZNY CCCCC ZZH
P 181237Z DEC 08
FM AMEMBASSY LA PAZ
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9527
INFO RUEHAC/AMEMBASSY ASUNCION 8665
RUEHBO/AMEMBASSY BOGOTA 6026
RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA 9988
RUEHBU/AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES 7209
RUEHCV/AMEMBASSY CARACAS 4257
RUEHPE/AMEMBASSY LIMA 4590
RUEHMD/AMEMBASSY MADRID 4328
RUEHMN/AMEMBASSY MONTEVIDEO 6020
RUEHQT/AMEMBASSY QUITO 6874
RUEHSG/AMEMBASSY SANTIAGO 1650
RHEFDIA/DIA WASHINGTON DC
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHINGTON DC
RUEHUB/USINT HAVANA 1551
RUEHLMC/MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORP
C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 03 LA PAZ 002601 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE PASS TO FAS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/16/2018 
TAGS: ECON PGOV AGR FAO FAS IFAD IICA BL EFIN PINR
SUBJECT: BOLIVIAN FOOD SAFETY: TENTATIVE STEPS FORWARD 
 
REF: A. LA PAZ 1175 
     B. LA PAZ 111 
 
Classified By: EcoPol Counselor Mike Hammer for reasons 1.4 (b), (d). 
 
 
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Summary 
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1.  (C)  The Bolivian Plant and Animal Health Service 
(SENASAG) has spent the better part of 2008 trying to 
reorganize and line up operational funding.  Our effort to 
fund technical programs with remaining Title I funds has been 
caught up in political battles and the refusal by some 
members of the Government of Bolivia to accept any U.S. 
oversight.  Additionally, SENASAG was paralyzed by the power 
struggle between the national and departmental (state) 
governments.  These obstacles seem to be lessening.  An APHIS 
program to control the spread of hoof and mouth disease is 
advancing in the Chaco region of Southeastern Bolivia and the 
Government of Bolivia has also taken steps to work with us to 
program and allocate the problematic Title I funds.  The 
September appointment of Carlos Romero at the Ministry of 
Rural Development seems to have brought a new pragmatism to 
both our relationship and to the goal of strengthening 
SENASAG.  That said, cooperation with the U.S. is still 
problematic and may well be blocked by the former 
Agricultural Minister Susana Rivero, who now heads the 
Ministry of Production.  End Summary. 
 
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Positive News at SENASAG 
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2.  (C)  The Bolivian Plant and Animal Health Service 
(SENASAG) has been largely dysfunctional in 2008 (Refs. A and 
B).  It has been used for political purposes and has suffered 
from the closure of an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) 
program and the cutoff of departmental funds for the national 
operations.  Several factors point toward a better year 
ahead. The September appointment of Carlos Romero as Minister 
of Rural Development appears to have brought a more pragmatic 
approach to resolving SENASAG's problems.  Additionally, a 
new five year program with the IDB has been signed and now 
lacks only the approval the Bolivian Congress. (Note: 
According to IDB officials, funding can begin immediately 
because of a new technical model designed to speed project 
implementation.  End note.) 
 
3.  (C)  While Title I funded projects have languished, a 
regional APHIS program aimed at reducing the threat of hoof 
and mouth disease outbreaks is moving ahead.  The program is 
administered in Bolivia by the Inter-American Institute for 
Agricultural Cooperation (IICA) which is working with both 
the national and departmental governments to open and staff 
six outposts in the Chaco region, as well as a agricultural 
laboratory in the city of Villamontes in the Department of 
Tarija (it is hoped that the lab will eventually be available 
to clients in Paraguay and Argentina as well to reduce the 
transport time of potentially hazardous materials).  It is 
encouraging that the central government appears willing to 
cede operational and technical control of both the outposts 
and the laboratory to regional officials.  In fact, Minister 
Romero, Vice Minister Remy Gonzales and Tarija's Secretary of 
Economic Development Ernesto Farfan told Econoff that the new 
model for SENASAG will assign technical work to the 
departments, while oversight and certification will be the 
purview of the national organization. (Note:  A stumbling 
block to the new system, which is also envisioned by the 
proposed MAS constitution which is likely to be approved 
January 25, is the persistence of the Santa Cruz Department 
in creating and maintaining an independent and autonomous 
plant and animal health service.  End note.) 
 
 
LA PAZ 00002601  002 OF 003 
 
 
4.  (SBU)  On December 12, Econoff traveled with Vice 
Minister Gonzales, APHIS Regional Director George Ball, the 
Hoof and Mouth Regional Supervisor David Ashford, and IICA 
officials to inaugurate the Chaco program.  The APHIS 
officials emphasized the regional nature of the problem and 
the international effort that will be required to prevent any 
disease outbreaks; it is an issue that can only be 
effectively contained through international coordination. 
Meanwhile, Gonzales emphasized the role the new MAS 
constitution would have in bringing more resources to 
SENASAG.  However, he also gratefully acknowledged the 
efforts of USDA-APHIS and actually thanked the U.S. Embassy, 
saying that he was happy to be at the event and had received 
permission from President Morales himself to inaugurate the 
project. 
 
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The MAS:  A House Divided 
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5.  (C)  Much of this positive momentum must be credited to 
Minister Romero and Vice Minister Gonzales and their 
willingness to cooperate with U.S. officials.  Gonzales 
traveled to Lima to discuss USDA efforts to strengthen 
SENASAG programs and also visited with the Peruvian plant and 
animal health agency.  He came away impressed (mentioning in 
particular the advanced controls on fruit flies) and began 
working in earnest with our two APHIS employees in Santa Cruz 
to come up with a way to move the four moribund Title I 
programs forward (Note:  Technical support for programs 
addressing hoof and mouth, fruit flies, Newcastle poultry 
disease, and camilids have been frozen since the government 
dismantled the financial controls we had put in place (Ref. 
B). End note.)  A plan for action was written and it was 
agreed that a Consultive Committee meeting would be called. 
(Note:  The Consultive Committee is composed of the USDA 
Counselor Gene Philhower, out of Lima, a U.S. Embassy 
representative, and two members of the Ministry of Rural 
Development.  The Committee must approve projects which will 
be funded with the remaining Title I funds. End note.) 
 
6.  (C)  Title I projects were stalled over the past year 
largely because the former minister, Susana Rivero, was 
hostile toward U.S. cooperation.  Rivero now sits as the 
Minister of Planning, which oversees the PL-480 Board (now 
renamed Insumos Bolivianos) and hosts the Committee meetings 
(it also safeguards the Title I funds).  When the PL-480 was 
being "refounded," Rivero replaced the director with Oscar 
Sandy, a former SENASAG employee hostile toward Embassy 
involvement in SENASAG.  According to PL-480 regulations, the 
Embassy should be asked for its consent when a new director 
is named--this did not take place.  USAID, which also has 
interests in the PL-480, wrote a letter expressing concern 
regarding the naming process and Sandy replied by letter that 
the U.S. had no such consultative rights and Insumos 
Bolivianos did not need the Embassy's permission to name a 
new director. 
 
7.  (C)  Days before the scheduled Committee meeting, Sandy 
announced that Insumos Bolivianos would not participate. 
Despite this, we were able to sit down with Minister Romero, 
the SENASAG Director, and Gonzales to discuss the proposed 
Action Plan.  At the meeting, we were open to the possibility 
of re-approving the four technical projects with new controls 
and a defined implementation schedule, but we were firm that 
these programs could not be approved until they were clearly 
defined in writing.  We requested the ministry to move any 
proposals through the formal approval process. 
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Comment 
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8.  (C)  The control of harmful plant and animal disease is 
important not just for Bolivia, but for the region as a 
whole.  With that in mind, a functioning SENASAG is a worthy 
 
LA PAZ 00002601  003 OF 003 
 
 
goal for the USG to continue to pursue.  The current Minister 
of Agriculture seems to be setting a more pragmatic agenda 
regarding SENASAG and cooperation with the regional 
governments appears to be advancing towards that goal.  That 
said, trust in the Morales administration to follow through 
on its commitments is low and as we take steps to re-approve 
any cooperative programs using the Title I funds, adequate 
administrative and technical controls will have to be 
ensured.  Moreover, there is no guarantee that the current 
minister and vice minister will remain at their posts; 
turnover in the Morales administration is chronic and 
programs tend to be personified rather than institutional. 
Finally, while Minister Romero seems pragmatic regarding 
SENASAG, it should be noted that he is an ideological member 
of the MAS who is also functioning as the lead minister in 
the push for land distribution.  Given the past history of 
our relationship with the government, current progress only 
warrants cautious optimism. 
 
URS