Overview
- This weekend the mayor of Embalse, Mario Rivarola, broke down in live interviews while warning that the national government's decision to hand control of the Unidad Turística Embalse to the state assets agency has devastated the town's economy.
- Journalists report that about 40–45 workers at the tourism complex were notified of dismissals after the complex moved from the tourism ministry to the Agencia de Administración de Bienes del Estado under Decree 322/2026.
- Rivarola says the loss of activity has paralysed small sellers and forced the municipality to take monthly loans from Banco de Córdoba to cover roughly 330 million pesos in monthly wages after federal transfers fell.
- The mayor described the municipal hospital as overwhelmed, with 75–100 people attended per day, and directly urged President Javier Milei, governors and legislators to meet and seek a solution.
- The Unidad Turística Embalse is a roughly 300-hectare state complex with hotels, cabins and medical and sports facilities and its planned sale or concession is part of the administration's push to reduce the state's role in noncore assets.