Withdrawal of 100% of Paraguayan energy from Yacyretá is a measure of “subsistence”, claims the Director - .::Agencia IP::.

Asunción, Agencia IP.- The Paraguayan Director of the Binational Entity Yacyretá (EBY, by its acronym in Spanish), Luis Benítez, claimed that the adopted measures about the withdrawal of the total energy that corresponded to Paraguay from the hydroelectric has to do with the “subsistence” of the institution as a binational enterprise. During a dialogue with Cáritas

Asunción, Agencia IP.- The Paraguayan Director of the Binational Entity Yacyretá (EBY, by its acronym in Spanish), Luis Benítez, claimed that the adopted measures about the withdrawal of the total energy that corresponded to Paraguay from the hydroelectric has to do with the “subsistence” of the institution as a binational enterprise.

During a dialogue with Cáritas 680 AM radio, the Director of Yacyretá highlighted that, when he assumed the charge last August, he found that the right margin was in a highly deficient situation, partly because the monthly disbursement from Argentina allocated to the Paraguayan side decreased from USD 18,000,000 to USD 10,000,000.

“With this disbursement of 10 million dollars that they gave us, the first month we did not even get to function the institution, it is complicated. There are many social issues and health programs that are standing by. So, I explained that to my counterpart from the Argentine Republic, and they told me that they were going to try. Still, it was not fulfilled,” explained Director Benítez.

“So, we have decided to speak with the President of the Republic and the President from ANDE, and we have arranged to retire the energy and give it directly to the ANDE and, through it, at least manage to have the resources to function”, explained.