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Viewing cable 07BUENOSAIRES311, PRESIDENT KIRCHNER'S FEB 21 VISIT TO VENEZUELA: ECONOMIC

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07BUENOSAIRES311 2007-02-16 16:28 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Buenos Aires
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ZNR UUUUU ZZH
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FM AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 7312
INFO RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHINGTON DC
RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHINGTON DC
RUEHC/DEPT OF LABOR WASHINGTON DC
RHMFIUU/HQ USSOUTHCOM MIAMI FL
RUEHAC/AMEMBASSY ASUNCION 5948
RUEHMN/AMEMBASSY MONTEVIDEO 6185
RUEHSG/AMEMBASSY SANTIAGO 0191
RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA 5795
RUEHSG/AMEMBASSY SANTIAGO 0192
RUEHLP/AMEMBASSY LA PAZ FEB SAO PAULO 3167
RUEHRI/AMCONSUL RIO DE JANEIRO 2153
UNCLAS BUENOS AIRES 000311 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
SENSITIVE 
 
EB/CBA FOR FMERMOUND, DENNIS WINSTEAD 
EB/IFD/OIA FOR WSCHOLZ, MTRACTON 
WHA FOR WHA/BSC AND WHA/EPSC 
E FOR THOMAS PIERCE 
PASS NSC FOR JOSE CARDENAS 
PASS FED BOARD OF GOVERNORS FOR PATRICE ROBITAILLE 
PASS USTR FOR EEISSENSTAT, SCRONIN 
TREASURY FOR AFAIBISHENKO, NLEE 
USDOC FOR 4322/ITA/MAC/OLAC/PEACHER 
US SOUTHCOM FOR POLAD 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EINV ECON ENRG EPET AR
SUBJECT: PRESIDENT KIRCHNER'S FEB 21 VISIT TO VENEZUELA: ECONOMIC 
COOPERATION ON DISPLAY 
 
Ref: (a) Buenos Aires 55 
 
     (b) 06 Buenos Aires 2240 
 
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Summary 
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1. (SBU) President Kirchner travels February 21 to Puerto Ordaz, 
Venezuela with an agenda that is principally economic: He will seek 
to confirm GoV assistance in placing up to $2 billion in new 
Argentine sovereign debt; finalize $135 million GoV rescue funding 
for SanCor, an emblematic Argentine dairy cooperative; and discuss 
expanded cooperation between GoA national oil company ENARSA and the 
GoV's PDVSA in a possible joint exploration and development activity 
in Venezuela's Orinoco region.  Other likely topics of conversation 
will include the proposed $20-billion-plus Venezuela to Argentine 
natural gas pipeline (discounted by energy experts here as not 
economically viable) and a $240 million contract for an Argentine 
shipyard to build four petroleum product tankers for PDVSA using 
Venezuelan steel.  Our GoA contacts continue to emphasize that 
Argentina's relationship with Caracas remains pragmatic and 
principally driven by economic considerations, and that they share 
neither Chavez's social ideology nor his Bolivarian ambitions.  END 
SUMMARY 
 
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Argentina Seeks Additional GoV Bond Support 
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2. (U) President Kirchner's planned February 21 visit is currently 
being advanced by Planning Minister De Vido and Santa Fe province 
Governor Obeid (where SanCor is based).   The final Kirchner 
delegation will include Minister De Vido, Economy Minister Miceli, 
her Finance Secretary Chodos and her Legal Secretary Palomenque. 
 
3. (SBU) Embassy Economy Ministry contacts report that ongoing 
GoA/GoV discussions may lead to the announcement during Kirchner's 
visit of the GoV's purchase of a new "Boden" bond issue and/or a 
second joint bond issue (the "Bono del Sur II" - Ref B).  Local 
media is speculating that the GoV may purchase up to $2 billion in 
GoA bonds, roughly one-third of GoA's planned financing of about 
$6-7 billion for 2007.   A new joint bond could be similar to the 
initial Bono del Sur issued in November 2006, a package of (1) a 
Venezuelan bond denominated in Bolivars, and (2) a 
dollar-denominated Argentina bond.  There were no cross default 
clauses in the original Bono del Sur issue; international financial 
markets called the exercise largely cosmetic and quickly stripped 
out its component bonds for independent trading. 
 
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SanCor Dairy Cooperative Rescue 
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4. (SBU) Planning Minister De Vido and Santa Fe Governor Obeid are 
now in Caracas wrapping up an agreement whereby the GoV's 
state-owned Banco Nacional de Desarrollo Economico y Social de 
Venezuela (BANDES) will provide a $135 million assistance package to 
Argentina's second largest dairy cooperative, SanCor, in exchange 
for long term payments in the form of powdered milk and technology 
transfer.  Our Planning Ministry contacts report some GoA annoyance 
at repeated GoV delays in finalizing this SanCor assistance package; 
this delay has also been widely reported in the local media.  The 
financially troubled diary cooperative was to have been sold to a 
Soros-linked investment fund before this GoV "rescue offer" was 
accepted by SanCor in the fall of 2006. 
 
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Joint ENARSA and PDVSA Exploration 
 
 
 
 
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5. (SBU) Planning Ministry contacts report that Kirchner and Chavez 
will also sign an agreement to have GoA national oil company ENARSA 
(formed in 2004) participate with the GoV-owned Petroleos de 
Venezuela (PdVSA) in an Ayacucho upstream exploration block in 
Venezuela's Orinoco region.  Independent energy analysts in Buenos 
Aires note GoA efforts to encourage Argentine private sector 
participation in this exploration initiative, with the Techint 
Group's Pluspetrol and Tecpetrol being courted as potential joint 
venture partners.  These analysts see any GoA/GoV petroleum 
exploration agreement as largely symbolic, pointing out that ENARSA 
brings little to the table in the way of financial resources. (Note: 
 ENARSA has virtually no capital; its assets consist of the 
ownership of all survey/concession rights of as yet unawarded 
Argentine offshore fields. End Note.) 
 
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Ship Construction 
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6.  (SBU) In a deal originally structured in 2004 and valued at up 
to $240 million, an Argentine shipyard in the province of Buenos 
Aires, Astillero Rio Santiago, is to build up to four petroleum 
product tankers for Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) in a joint 
venture with PDV Marina, a PDVSA affiliate, and Diques y Astilleros 
Nacionales de Venezuela.  The vessels are to be constructed using 
Venezuelan steel.  While the first ship, the 47,000 ton "Eva Peron," 
was due to be completed in 2007, Planning Ministry officials report 
significant delays.  Under the original agreement, construction of 
the two final ships is contingent on timely delivery of the first 
two. 
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Comment 
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7. (SBU) The promise of a second round of Venezuelan debt funding 
appears to be the key GoV deliverable that President Kirchner hopes 
to take away from this visit.  The Casa Rosada continues to tell us 
that the relationship with Caracas remains principally commercial, 
and that they don't share Chavez's ideology or put much stock in his 
Bolivarian ambitions.  Prominent Argentine political and economic 
analysts told the Ambassador last week that, on the one hand, most 
South American leaders do not want to get too close to Chavez, but 
on the other do not want to do anything to upset him.  The GoA will 
continue to exploit what they see as an important economic and 
commercial relationship with Venezuela while downplaying, at least 
to the U.S., its political significance. 
 
WAYNE