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Viewing cable 06BUENOSAIRES707, AMBASSADOR GUTIERREZ'S TRIP TO BARILOCHE

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06BUENOSAIRES707 2006-03-27 15:16 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Buenos Aires
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DE RUEHBU #0707/01 0861516
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 271516Z MAR 06
FM AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 3948
INFO RHEBAAA/DOE WASHDC
UNCLAS BUENOS AIRES 000707 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
FOR WHA/BSC AND ISN 
DOE FOR NNSA 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ENRG KNNP ETRD TSPA TSPL AR
SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR GUTIERREZ'S TRIP TO BARILOCHE 
 
 
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Summary 
 
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1.  Ambassador Gutierrez traveled to the Patagonian city of 
San Carlos de Bariloche for a March 17 meeting with 
executives of INVAP, an Argentine high-technology company 
that builds nuclear reactors and satellites.  The Ambassador 
stressed the importance the U.S. attaches to 
non-proliferation of sensitive nuclear-related technologies, 
and discussed the possible roles of Argentina and INVAP with 
regard to such U.S. initiatives as the Global Nuclear Energy 
Partnership.  Ambassador Gutierrez also visited and met with 
officials from the Bariloche Atomic Center, Argentina's 
research reactor; local business and cultural leaders; the 
local subsidiary of U.S.-based power company AES; and local 
media.  End Summary. 
 
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INVAP - A World-Class Competitor 
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2.  Ambassador Gutierrez accepted a long-standing invitation 
and visited Argentine high-technology company INVAP's 
Bariloche offices March 17.  Accompanying the Ambassador were 
the Defense Attache, two other USAF members attached to the 
Embassy, Econoff, and ESToff.  INVAP is a relatively small 
company of 360 employees, over two-thirds of whom are skilled 
technical professionals.  It is wholly owned by the Argentine 
province of Rio Negro, but operates completely without 
government subsidies.  INVAP has separate divisions that 
develop and produce nuclear, space, radar, and other 
scientific applications, and is developing a worldwide client 
base.  Specifically, INVAP has prevailed in open tenders 
against established international competitors, including San 
Diego-based General Atomics, for contracts to build research 
reactors in Algeria, Egypt, and Australia.  Those reactors 
are the only ones in the world producing commercial 
quantities of radioisotopes for medical use using 
low-enriched uranium, according to INVAP Nuclear Division 
Strategic Operations Manager Marcelo Salvatore.  INVAP is 
also the prime contractor for a joint program between 
Argentina's National Commission for Space Activities (CONAE) 
and NASA to build a series of scientific application 
satellites.  Three such satellites have already been 
launched, and a fourth (SAC-D) is nearing completion. 
 
3.  INVAP Technology Services Head Ricardo Sagarzazu began 
the visit by showing Ambassador Gutierrez around the INVAP 
laboratory in which its satellites and other space 
technologies are constructed.  (Note: Chinese President Hu 
Jintao was given the same tour during a November 2004 visit 
to INVAP's offices in Bariloche, according to INVAP Business 
Affairs director Eduardo Rodriguez Lubary.  End Note.)  The 
group then proceeded to another building for a formal 
briefing by INVAP leadership, which highlighted both INVAP's 
capabilities and its interest in a more active participation 
in the U.S. market.  According to INVAP, that interest has 
been thwarted to date by U.S. legislation such as the Buy 
American Act and the Burr Amendment to the Energy Policy Act 
of 2005, which INVAP believes unfairly aids competitors from 
Canada and several European countries. 
 
4.  Ambassador Gutierrez explained that Buy American Act 
provisions would be waived in the event that Argentina signed 
a bilateral FTA with the U.S. or acceded to an eventual FTAA, 
and noted that INVAP was free to encourage the GOA in that 
direction.  INVAP also believes that its technical 
capabilities and perception of political neutrality make it 
an attractive candidate for participation in the DOE's Global 
Threat Reduction Initiative, although DOE has not awarded 
INVAP any relevant contracts to date.  Likewise, INVAP would 
like a role in the Administration's Global Nuclear Energy 
Partnership.  ESToff explained that the Embassy has requested 
guidance and information from Washington on the development 
of that program, and would inform INVAP as soon as any 
determination is made regarding the level of Argentine 
participation in the Partnership.  Ambassador Gutierrez 
closed by thanking his hosts and stressing the importance the 
U.S. attaches to the non-proliferation of sensitive, dual-use 
nuclear technology. 
 
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Ambassador's Speech 
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5.  Fundacion Libertad, a NGO dedicated to free trade, 
limited government, and safeguarding individual liberties, 
assembled a group of approximately twenty local 
businesspersons and intellectuals for lunch with Ambassador 
 Gutierrez. 
The Ambassador addressed the group, providing an 
overview of the status of the bilateral relationship, and 
fielded questions, most of which had a Latin American 
regional focus.  The Ambassador described the USG's 
perspective on the November 2005 Summit of the Americas, 
noting the utility of the free trade debate that arose there. 
He also explained U.S. policy toward Cuba, Venezuela, and 
the Southern Cone. 
 
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Visit to U.S.-Based Power Company 
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6.  After lunch, the Ambassador visited the Bariloche offices 
of AES Andes, the local subsidiary of U.S. power company AES. 
 AES is one of several U.S. power companies that took the GOA 
to World Bank (ICSID) arbitration over the pesification of 
contracts and the fixing of gas prices.  Assisted by the 
Embassy, AES subsequently initiated successful and 
precedent-setting talks with the GOA that resulted in AES 
becoming the first foreign company to negotiate the 
suspension of an ICSID case against the GOA.  AES briefed the 
Ambassador on the state of its relations with the GOA and on 
its local business. 
 
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Media 
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7.  Ambassador Gutierrez capped the visit by discussing the 
bilateral relationship and U.S. policy objectives with local 
media.  The outlets represented were "Rio Negro," the most 
influential regional daily, and the local affiliate of 
National Radio.  Bariloche's journalists found enough 
material from the interview for three radio broadcasts and a 
three-page story in Rio Negro's Sunday supplement. 
 
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Comment 
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8.  Apart from INVAP's focus on breaking into the U.S. 
market, what was striking about the concerns of locals with 
whom the Ambassador came into contact was their interest in 
the U.S. posture toward the region.  The Ambassador's 
interlocutors appeared to take the stability of the 
U.S.-Argentina relationship for granted, and were more 
interested in discussing the U.S. position with regard to 
Bolivia, Cuba, and Venezuela.  End Comment. 
 
9.  To see more Embassy Buenos Aires reporting, visit our 
website at:  http//www.state.sgov.gov/p/wha/buenosaires 
GUTIERREZ