Economy Minister Luis Caputo announced on Thursday that work on the Jorge Cepernic hydroelectric dam in Santa Cruz province is set to resume. Work on a second, larger dam named Néstor Kirchner was also stopped. The dams are located 115 kilometers west of Puerto Santa Cruz. Before the 2023 pause, they had also been halted during President Mauricio Macri’s administration, but work resumed under President Alberto Fernández. It is estimated that work on the Jorge Cepernic dam is more than 40% complete, while around a fifth of the work on the Néstor Kirchner dam has been finished.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald March 06, 2026 09:23 UTC