While the Executive Branch liquidates the nation's energy assets through the privatization of power plants in Comahue, Mendoza, and northern Argentina, the web of sovereignty surrender reaches a new geopolitical milestone. According to a report by journalist Sebastián Premici , published by the news site El Destape , the national government concealed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between the Dam Safety Regulatory Agency (ORSEP) and the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).

The agreement, signed by ORSEP head Adriano Borus on March 7, 2024—a month after Brigadier General Daniel H. Hibner signed it on behalf of the United States—was not only prepared as a turnkey solution in Washington, but was also written solely in English. The Argentine agency only received an official translation on April 15, 2024, weeks after the agreement formally entered into force for a five-year period.

Regulatory interference and information shielding

The official document reveals direct interference by a US military-technical agency in the administration and regulation of Argentina's water infrastructure. Among the cooperation activities established in the MDE, the following stand out:

THE KEY POINTS OF THE HIDDEN MEMORANDUM  

• Signature in English : Drafted by the USACE. Signed on 01/02/2024 by the U.S. and on 07/03/2024 by Argentina. Translated on 15/04/2024.

• Regulatory scope : Allows US interference in the drafting of safety regulations for Argentine dams.

• Secrecy : Includes strict confidentiality clauses regarding reports and technical data collected in the country.

• Connection with Southern Command : The USACE acts as the civilian arm of the Southern Command's natural resource strategy.

The geopolitical value of the Guarani Aquifer and the river basin

This agreement is not an isolated event. It follows the ratification of the memorandum for control of the main waterway (VNT) by the same U.S. military entity. As analysts highlight in the El Destape investigation, the course of the Paraná and Paraguay rivers not only serves as the outlet for regional agro-extractive industries, but also overlaps with the freshwater reserves of the Guarani Aquifer and binational complexes such as Yacyretá and Itaipú.

March 2024. Argentine authorities signed an agreement with U.S. Ambassador Marc Stanley, through which the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will carry out maintenance work on the Paraná-Paraguay Main Waterway.

The statements made by the head of the US Southern Command, Laura Richardson , pointing out that the region concentrates 31% of the planet's fresh water and vast reserves of strategic minerals such as lithium, confirm the doctrinal orientation of these agreements: the securitization of South American natural resources under the direct control of Washington.

Complete dispossession and sovereign surrender

The connection between the sale of hydroelectric plants to private capital and the transfer of technical water governance to a branch of the US Army creates an unprecedented scenario of strategic vulnerability for the Argentine Republic.

The transfer of water regulation weakens the foundations of autonomous national development and deepens a scheme of colonial subordination incompatible with the supreme interests of the Nation.