The president of the Tierra del Fuego Provincial Port Authority (DPP), Roberto Murcia , admitted on FM Centro radio that Gustavo Melella 's administration systematically worked to transform the port into a corporation. Far from being an "administrative modernization," Murcia confessed that the main objective was to create a legal mechanism to partner directly with the Mirgor Group .

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Under incisive questioning by journalists Gonzalo Zamora and Carolina Masdeu , the official acknowledged that the 2023 CFI report—revealed by Agenda Malvinas —was the "instruction manual" for a privatization that was intended to be hidden until the press brought it to light.

1. The "Privileged Partner": El Puerto SA with name and surname

Murcia abandoned euphemisms and named the company directly: Mirgor . According to the official, the DPP was seeking to transform itself into a public limited company (SA) because it "had no way" to partner with Nicky Caputo 's company for the port project in Río Grande.

What Murcia called a "linking tool" in the interview is, in reality, the preliminary step towards dismantling state governance.

The official admitted that they were willing to create a Single-Member Limited Company (SAU) so that the administration of the port of Río Grande would be in private hands, ceding control of an asset that would handle 60% of the cargo that currently enters through Ushuaia.

This revelation is key to the business: the project already had, and still has, guaranteed massive future commercial activity, which gives it the capacity to finance investments without needing to hand over control to a private entity .

2. The Lie of "Scarcity" and Amnesia in the Face of Collapse

The most damning moment of the interview came when Zamora read verbatim the paragraphs from the CFI report that describe a "critical state" and an "operational collapse" that puts human life at risk. Murcia 's reaction was an attempt to deny his own management.

Gonzalo Zamora: “A critical state is observed... a lack of sustained investment... operational collapse. Is that present in that report, Roberto?”

Roberto Murcia: “Well, the truth is I don't... I don't remember it, Gonzalo.”

This "amnesia" regarding a document he himself provided to the CFI is scandalous. By attempting to downplay the diagnosis by labeling it "infrastructure shortage" instead of "poorly maintained infrastructure," Murcia is deliberately denying the reality they themselves documented in order to force privatization .

The contradiction is fatal: if the port was and is profitable and successful, why present it as a ruin to the IFC? Or was it to justify the entry of private capital?

3. Murcia's tastes: "Doing business with private companies"

Zamora raised a question that dismantles the official narrative: if the DPP has multimillion-dollar revenues and is capital built over half a century of public investment in both the port and the city of Ushuaia itself as a global brand and destination, why not take out its own loan of "50 million dollars" to carry out the works instead of handing over the business?

Murcia was unable to provide a satisfactory answer . He admitted that the DPP does have the capacity to take on debt , but insisted that he "would like" to have a partnership to "do the business together" with private entities. This response confirms our thesis, that of Agenda Malvinas : the government did not and does not seek efficiency; it seeks to transfer the lost profits from decades of public investment into the hands of strategic partners, where the State would only collect a fee while the private sector retains control of the heart of maritime and Antarctic logistics.

4. The Closed-Door Meeting in the Legislature

Finally, Murcia confirmed that a private meeting took place at the Legislature with legislators and the State Prosecutor. The official declined to provide details of the discussions held behind closed doors, reinforcing the perception that the privatization process was orchestrated behind closed doors until reports from the Federal Investment Council (CFI) and questions from the press forced them to come forward.

The FM Centro interview has revealed that the Melella administration operates with a double standard: it defends sovereignty in speeches, but on paper it designs Public Limited Companies to "partner" with holdings like Mirgor .

It's clear the political project backfired. Very badly. The libertarian regime snatched away the port, the plan, the businesses, the clients, and the multimillion-dollar revenue stream from the world's first cruise port to Antarctica.

Behind the everyday image it presents to the city, the Port of Ushuaia is not in crisis due to a lack of funds, but rather due to a deliberate willingness to surrender it, a decision they can no longer conceal. The port is not being privatized out of necessity; Melella, Urquiza, Murcia, and all the others who remain hidden behind closed doors, want to hand it over out of conviction.