Spain's Reaction to Equatorial Guinea Elections

This was just released now but it was originally created in 2004. It details Spain’s response to the Equatorial Guinea Presidential Elections where President Obiang allowed the opposition Convergence for Social Democracy (CPDS) to pick up only a handful of seats in the April 25 legislative elections when Spain had expected them to win at least 25%. Officials say it is obvious the election was rigged and that Obiang does not want to share power with anyone and Spain does not have much influence over him. Although not completely explicitly stated in the document, this loss is a blow to Spain because not only have they put money into creating democratic programs in Equatorial Guinea, the CPDS has some ties to the Sociality Party which would then have possibly made it easier for joint exploration of Mange Island. This is an island owned by Equatorial Guinea that may possibly have oil.

http://wikileaks.ch/cable/2004/05/04MADRID1831.html#par2