Such is the view held by President of the Union of the Fuel, Alcohol and Cement Company (Ancap), Salvador Sprovieri, and his counterpart at Telecommunications Union, Gabriel Molina, in the “Palabras Prohibidas” (Forbidden Words), broadcast on Youtube, by the media forum Caras y Caretas (Faces and Masks).

Sprivieri stated that the new forms of privatization are surfacing in the association with the private sector.

They also appear in the lack of investment in public entities and the hiring of workers, which weakens the role of companies like Ancap.

He said that such practices uncover a clear intention to diminish the role of the State in strategic areas, to favor the private sector.

He advocated Ancap’s role, saying the company has the obligation to generate social benefits beyond economic profits, and to transfer resources to the State for public investments.

While pointing at the inefficiency of the current administration, he mentioned outsourcing, which increases costs and makes working conditions precarious.

Gabriel Molina referred to what he described as the dismantling of the National Telecommunications Administration (Antel) in favor of private management, and mentioned executives who facilitated the access of the privates to resources and technologies developed by the State entity, to the detriment of the company’s standing in the market.

Both union leaders agreed that current policies put the country’s sovereignty at risk in sectors such as telecommunications and fuels, and warned about the consequences of continuing to weaken public companies.

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