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Viewing cable 08BUENOSAIRES1280, Argentina: Ambassador Promotes Chevron Corporate Social

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08BUENOSAIRES1280 2008-09-12 21:48 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Buenos Aires
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RR RUEHWEB

DE RUEHBU #1280/01 2562148
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 122148Z SEP 08
FM AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 2023
INFO RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHINGTON DC
RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHINGTON DC
RHMFIUU/HQ USSOUTHCOM MIAMI FL
RUCNMER/MERCOSUR COLLECTIVE
UNCLAS BUENOS AIRES 001280 
 
SIPDIS 
SENSITIVE 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: SOCI SENV KGLB EINV ENRG KPAO BEXP PREL AR
SUBJECT: Argentina: Ambassador Promotes Chevron Corporate Social 
Responsibility in Neuquen Province 
 
Ref: Buenos Aires 751 
 
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Summary 
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1. (SBU) Ambassador attended the inauguration of a newly-rebuilt 
high school on September 9 in Junin de los Andes, in the 
southwestern province of Neuquen, whose reconstruction was sponsored 
by Chevron Argentina.  The rural school, which had been damaged in 
an August 2007 fire, serves many impoverished outlying communities 
and is an important community asset.  Neuquen Governor Jorge Sapag 
thanked Chevron for its important work, and argued that the federal 
government should allow oil and gas produced in Neuquen to be sold 
at higher prices as this would provide the province with more funds 
for education and other spending.  Ambassador's attendance served to 
highlight the strong corporate social responsibility efforts of 
U.S.-based businesses in Argentina, and the event received positive 
media coverage.  END SUMMARY. 
 
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Chevron sponsors school rebuilding efforts 
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2. (U) Ambassador attended the inauguration of the newly-rebuilt 
"San Ignacio" high school building in Junin de los Andes, Neuquen 
Province, which had been damaged in an August 2007 fire.  Chevron 
Argentina and local NGO "Patagonia Crusade Foundation" (Fundacion 
Cruzada Patagonica) teamed up to lead this reconstruction effort. 
Also present at the event was Neuquen Governor Jorge Sapag, Wes 
Lohec, Chevron's Managing Director for Latin America Exploration and 
Production (based in Caracas), local authorities, NGO 
representatives, students, teachers, and Junin residents. 
 
3. (U) The rural school, with about 210 students, also serves many 
impoverished outlying communities, and is equipped with several 
dormitory rooms for these students.  San Igacio also teaches 
farming, animal husbandry and other vocational skills, and its 
surrounding farm and animal pens are used for training in these 
areas, and its products are used to supplement the diets of the 
students.  The school also runs a basic education program for 
adults, which is presently serving about 70 members of the 
community.  About 1300 students have attended the school in its 
25-year existence.  The school also serves an unofficial community 
center for the region, and the school building's restoration has 
been of crucial importance for the community's social cohesion.  The 
new and larger school building has many new safety and construction 
standards, including smoke detectors and automated sprinklers in 
every room.  All the construction work on the new school was 
performed by regional companies. 
 
4. (U) San Ignacio also has two strong ties with the United States. 
They have a vibrant exchange program with the Foundation for 
Community Vitality in Billings, Montana.  San Ignacio also 
participates in the U.S.-initiated GLOBE environment program, and 
has twice won international awards for its GLOBE work. 
 
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Neuquen Governor Jorge Sapag 
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5. (SBU) In his remarks at the inauguration ceremony, Governor Sapag 
expressed his thanks and strong support for Chevron's corporate 
social responsibility efforts, both at the school and in the rest of 
the province.  He called on the Federal Government to allow higher 
prices for oil and gas (currently constrained by high export tariffs 
at prices far below world market levels) to encourage greater 
investment in the province and to expand the province's hydrocarbon 
royalty revenue base for spending for education, infrastructure and 
other public services.  Neuquen Province is one of Argentina's 
oldest and most important oil and gas producers; its reserves 
represent two-thirds and one-quarter, respectively, of Argentina's 
total.  Neuquen Province is also Argentina's main hydroelectric 
producer, with five major dams.  Sapag thanked the Ambassador for 
his visit to the school (Ambassador's second visit to the province, 
reftel), and for the continuing positive contributions of U.S.-based 
companies in his province. 
 
6. (SBU) In response to an earlier request from Governor Sapag to 
Ambassador seeking equipment donations for a new provincial 
Evacuation and Emergency Center, Ambassador handed the Governor a 
letter notifying the Governor that this request was forwarded by 
Embassy's Milgroup to U.S. Southern Command, and that such donations 
will be forthcoming in the near future.  The governor was very 
thankful. 
 
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Media discussions 
 
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7. (U) The Ambassador engaged in several informal media interviews 
with Neuquen City-based media outlets, including television station 
RTN TV, and newspapers Rio Negro (Patagonia's oldest and 
largest-selling daily), and La Manana.  Ambassador highlighted 
Chevron's important corporate social responsibility efforts, as well 
as those of the many U.S.-based companies in the province.  He also 
hailed mature and multi-faceted bilateral engagement with Argentina. 
 These news organizations later filed positive accounts of the 
school inauguration event and Ambassador's attendance. 
 
WAYNE