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FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SOUTHERN COPPER CORP/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001001838
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	METAL MINING [1000]
		IRS NUMBER:				133849074
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		11811 NORTH TATUM BLVD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 2500
		CITY:			PHOENIX
		STATE:			AZ
		ZIP:			85028
		BUSINESS PHONE:		602-494-5328

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		11811 NORTH TATUM BLVD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 2500
		CITY:			PHOENIX
		STATE:			AZ
		ZIP:			85028

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	SOUTHERN PERU COPPER CORP/
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19960726

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	SOUTHERN PERU COPPER HOLDING CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19951006
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 4.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">April&nbsp;4, 2008</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Mr.&nbsp;H.
Roger Schwall</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Assistant
Director</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Securities
and Exchange Commission</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Division
of Corporate Finance</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Washington,
DC 20549-7010</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Southern
  Copper Corporation</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Form&nbsp;10-K
  for the Fiscal Year Ended December&nbsp;31, 2007</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Filed
  February&nbsp;29, 2008</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Preliminary
  Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Filed
  March&nbsp;14, 2008</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">File
  No.&nbsp;1-14066</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dear
Mr.&nbsp;Schwall:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On behalf of Southern Copper
Corporation (&#147;Southern Copper&#148; or the &#147;Company&#148;), I, Oscar Gonzalez Rocha, the
Company&#146;s President and Chief Executive Officer, submit this response to your
letter, dated March&nbsp;31, 2008, relating to the above-referenced filings. We
are responding to the comments of the Staff with respect to the Preliminary
Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A and will separately transmit our responses to
the Staff&#146;s comments concerning the Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31,
2007.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">To assist in the Staff&#146;s
review of the Company&#146;s responses, we have preceded each response with the text
(in bold type) of the comment as stated in your letter. Southern Copper
believes that it has replied to your comments relating to the preliminary proxy
statement in full. As requested, this letter is being filed on EDGAR as
correspondence and a copy is being faxed to your attention.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Preliminary
Proxy filed March&nbsp;14, 2008</font></u></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">How Do
We Determine Each Element of Compensation?, page&nbsp;13</font></u></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">We
direct you to Item 402(b)(2)(xiv) of Regulation S-K and disclosure at page&nbsp;13
and elsewhere in which you state that &#147;we may also compare our compensation
structure with the compensation of comparable companies.&#148; Please discuss
whether you benchmark compensation of comparable companies. In this regard,
identify any companies to which you benchmark compensation and explain how they
factor into the compensation decision-making process.</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SOUTHERN COPPER CORPORATION</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">11811 N. Tatum Blvd., Suite 2500, Phoenix, AZ 85028,
U.S.A.</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">Phone: (602) 494-5328 - Fax: (602) 494-5317</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in .25in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We
promote our named executive officers from within our organization and we hire
new executives through recruiters.&#160; We
also use Human Resource consulting firms, such as Hay Group and Intergama,
which provide us with comparative salary data for the sought position extracted
from their database relating to peer companies in Mexico and Peru. &#160;We factor this comparative salary information
into our decision making process.&#160; It is
our policy to compensate personnel, including named executive officers, within
the median and third quartile of market.&#160;
Additionally, to remain competitive we review compilations of CEO
compensation data, including the two most used in leading empirical finance,
accounting, and economics journals: Standard&nbsp;&amp; Poor&#146;s <i>Execucomp</i>, and <i>Forbes </i>Annual Compensation Survey. We also review a third
data source that is not as widely used &#151; <i>The
Wall Street Journal</i>/William M. Mercer CEO Compensation Survey (<i>WSJ</i>) &#151; to verify if we are competitive in
compensating our CEO.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in .25in .0001pt 30.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in .25in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We
will revise our proxy statement to incorporate the above information.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in .25in .0001pt 30.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Discretionary
Cash Compensation, pages&nbsp;16 and 19</font></u></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">We note
your disclosure at page&nbsp;13 in which you indicate several factors that
influence your decision to grant salary increases and bonuses. Please discuss
in more detail the factors that caused you to pay the specified amounts of base
salary and bonuses for all of your named executive officers. In this regard,
specify the material factors the committee considered in making base salary
adjustments for each named executive officer whose salary was increased. See
Item 402(b)(1)(v)&nbsp;of Regulation S-K.</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 24.0pt .0001pt .25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
Company&#146;s management team and Compensation Committee make the decisions to
grant salary increases and bonuses for the executive officers of the Company
after a thorough analysis of numerous factors, including among others, the
responsibilities and performance of each executive officer measured in the
areas of production, safety and environmental responsiveness (both individually
and as compared to other officers of the Company).&#160; In addition, management and the Compensation
Committee consider years of service, future challenges and objectives, the
potential contributions of each officer to the future success of our Company,
total executive compensation, and the Company&#146;s overall financial
performance.&#160; Peruvian and Mexican law
requires us to pay salaries to our employees commensurate with each employees&#146;
job requirements, experience and skills, and to share 8% of the annual
pre-income tax profits of our Peruvian Branch with our Peruvian employees and
10% of the annual pre-income tax profits of our Mexican operation with our
Mexican employees.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 24.0pt .0001pt .25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In
increasing base salaries for our executive officers, we use a tabulation which
is revised every year to adjust for inflation in Mexico and Peru. The base
salary increases </font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 24.0pt .0001pt .25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">take
into account the individual&#146;s position, as well as his or her results and job
performance in the relevant year.&#160; Base
salary increases are not granted indiscriminately to employees.&#160; Instead, they are granted to reward
individuals who facilitate the achievement of the Company&#146;s corporate
goals.&#160; As reflected in the Summary
Compensation Table on page&nbsp;22 of our proxy statement, in 2007 we increased
the base salaries of Oscar Gonz&#225;lez Rocha, Jos&#233; N. Chirinos and Mario
Vinageras.&#160; The increases to each of Messrs.&nbsp;Rocha,
Chirinos and Vinageras&#146;s base salaries were granted to reflect inflation of
3.8% in Mexico and 3.9% in Peru, as well as our favorable financial results of
2007, and to reward each of them for their performance throughout the year and
their substantial contributions to the Company&#146;s overall financial
performance.&#160; The salaries of Messrs.&nbsp;Rocha
and Chirinos are paid in Nuevos Soles, the local currency of Peru and,
therefore, reflect the 6.3% appreciation of the Nuevo Sol in 2007 when
converted to U.S. Dollars.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 24.0pt .0001pt .25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 24.0pt .0001pt .25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We
will revise our proxy statement to incorporate the above information.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 24.0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Director
Compensation Table, page&nbsp;29</font></u></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">3.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Please
disclose the aggregate number of stock awards outstanding at fiscal year end
held by each of those directors, as required in the Instruction to Item
402(k)(2)(iii)&nbsp;and (iv).</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 24.0pt .0001pt .25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We
will revise our proxy statement to incorporate the following information.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 24.0pt .0001pt .25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 24.0pt .0001pt .25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
information set forth below reflects the shares of our Common Stock granted
under the Directors&#146; Stock Award Plan outstanding as of December&nbsp;31, 2007.</font></p>

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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Southern Copper Corporation</font></b></p>
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  Stock Beneficially <br>
  Owned</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Germ&#225;n Larrea Mota-Velasco</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Oscar Gonz&#225;lez Rocha</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Emilio Carrillo Gamboa</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2,000</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Alfredo Casar P&#233;rez</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">800</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Alberto de la Parra Zavala</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Jaime Fernando Collazo
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Xavier Garc&#237;a de Quevedo
  Topete</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,200</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Harold S. Handelsman</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2,400</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Genaro Larrea Mota-Velasco</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,600</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Daniel Mu&#241;iz Quintanilla</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Armando Ortega G&#243;mez</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Luis Miguel Palomino
  Bonilla</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">200</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Gilberto Perezalonso Cifuentes</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2,800</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Juan Rebolledo Gout</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">800</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Carlos Ruiz Sacrist&#225;n</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2,000</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Proposal
to Amend Our Certificate to increase the Number of Authorized Shares, page&nbsp;30</font></u></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">4.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Your
second proposal indicates that you will be increasing the number of authorized
but unissued shares of your common stock. Do you have any current plans,
proposals or arrangements to issue any of the additional shares? For example,
are there any proposals or plans to acquire any business or engage in any
investment opportunity with the additional shares? If so, please disclose and
if not, please state that you have no such plans, proposals or arrangements
written or otherwise at this time.</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 24.0pt .0001pt .25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Our
Board of Directors believes that it is in our best interest to amend our Certificate
to increase the number of authorized shares of Common Stock. The amendment will
have the effect of allowing the Company to issue more shares of Common Stock.
The Company&#146;s management is considering recommending a stock split to the Board
of Directors, but there can be no assurance that the Board of Directors will
take any action to effect a stock split.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 24.0pt .0001pt .25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 24.0pt .0001pt .25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Other
than indicated above, we do not currently have any plans, proposals or
arrangements (written or otherwise) to issue any of the additional shares
(including any proposals to acquire any business or engage in any investment
opportunity with the additional shares).</font></p>

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will revise our proxy statement to incorporate the above information.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Closing Comments</font></u></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On behalf of the Company,&#160; I hereby acknowledge that:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .8in;text-indent:-.3in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company is responsible for the
adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filings discussed herein;</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .8in;text-indent:-.3in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Staff comments or changes to the
disclosure in response to Staff comments do not foreclose the Commission from
taking any action with respect to the filings; and</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .8in;text-indent:-.3in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company may not assert Staff comments
as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under
federal securities laws of the United States.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Should </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">you</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"> have any questions about the responses
in this letter, kindly contact our general counsel, Armando Ortega, at
+52-55-1103-5130.</font></p>

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