{"id":1842,"date":"2015-11-10T18:05:50","date_gmt":"2015-11-10T18:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.entremundos.org\/revista\/?p=1842"},"modified":"2015-11-10T18:45:40","modified_gmt":"2015-11-10T18:45:40","slug":"energuate-la-crisis-interna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.entremundos.org\/revista\/politica\/energuate-la-crisis-interna\/","title":{"rendered":"Energuate: La crisis interna"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Por Richard Brown y Patricia Macias – Corresponsales de EntreMundos. Septiembre, 2015<\/em><\/p>\n

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La distribuidora de electricidad Energuate (Deocsa-Deorsa) y su socio mayoritario, Actis Capital, un fondo brit\u00e1nico de inversiones que compro 90% de las acciones de Deocsa-Deorsa en 2012, tienen un nuevo y grave problema interna.<\/p>\n

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Por a\u00f1os Energuate ha tenido que enfrentar a mas de 150,000 usuarios \u201cen resistencia\u201d quienes se niegan a pagar sus facturas. Energuate opera un monopolio en 20 de los 22 departamentos de GUatemala, sobre todo en las areas rurales donde muchas familias ni pueden pagar la canasta b\u00e1sica. Energuate y el gobierno dicen que los usuarios en resistencia roban la electricidad a trav\u00e9s de conexiones ilegales, lo que causa mal servicio y apagones, y que los grupos comunitarios que animan a la gente a conectarse ilegalmente y rehusar pagar sus facturas son delincuentes que cobran por esas conexiones.<\/p>\n

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Las comunidades en resistencia mantienen que los malos servicios endemicos anteceden a las conexiones caseras, que las tarifas han subido y son ahora demasiado altas, y que Actis es una corporacion extranjera que abusa de la poblaci\u00f3n pobre y rural de Gutemala. Mantienen, ademas, que la empresa y el gobierno usan la violencia, el asesinato y las detenciones para frenar la resistencia.<\/p>\n

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Pero estas ya no son las \u00fanicas acusaciones contra Energuate; ahora tambi\u00e9n los acusan de fraude y abuso muchos de sus propios accionistas. La Asociaci\u00f3n de Accionistas de las empresas de Energuate (Asacen), un grupo guatemalteco de accionistas minoritarios, esta preparando una demanda contra Energuate, alegando que Energuate maquilla sus balances para no pagar a los accionistas minoritarios, aumentando as\u00ed sus beneficios, que usan para sobornas a los funcionarios que necesitan de su lado. David L\u00f3pez, vicepresidente de la Asacen, dijo a EntreMundos, \u201cLa pregunta es: ?Donde esta la mordida?\u201d<\/p>\n

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La mayor\u00eda de los accionistas minoritarios son ex-trabajadores de INDE o sus familiares, que recibieron acciones de los distribuidores de electricidad tras la privatizacion del sector en los a\u00f1os 90. Energuate les ha pagado practicamente nada tras tres a\u00f1os como sucursal de Actis, aunque ha seguido vendiendo sus acciones a los trabajadores jubilados, a cambio de no pagar una parte de sus pensiones. L\u00f3pez, dijo que hay pensionistas que han muerto esperando sus dividendos.<\/p>\n

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Integrantes de la Asociaci\u00f3n de Accionistas de las empresas de Energuate (Asacen) hablan con EntreMundos en la capital. Presidente de Asacen Jos\u00e9 Kelvin Coti est\u00e1 hablando. A su derecha, trabajadores jubilados del INDE. A su izquierda, vice presidente David L\u00f3pez. Foto por Patricia Mac\u00edas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jose Kelvin Coti, Presidente de la Asacen, explic\u00f3 a EntreMundos que tuvo reuniones con Jaime Tupper, el CEO de Energuate, Maria Antoineta de Bonilla, la presidenta de la junta directiva y ex-presidenta del Banco de Guatemala, y otros funcionarios, pero no tomaron en serio las demandas de la Asacen. \u201cPensaron que no ibamos a hacer la conferencia de prensa\u201d en abril de 2015, cuando expresaron publicamente sus quejas. Despu\u00e9s de la conferencia, Coti atendi\u00f3 otra reunion esperando a Tupper, pero solo llegaron sus abogados.<\/p>\n

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Asacen ahora quiere una auditoria de Energuate. Y ahora est\u00e1n en contacto con los accionistas minoritarios de CAESS, una gran distribuidora salvadore\u00f1a que opera principalmente en el norte de El Salvador y que sumistra electricidad a mas de 400,000 usuarios. Jaime Tupper tambien ten\u00eda un papel clave dentro de esta corporacion, representante legal, cuando, segun fuentes salvadore\u00f1as en contacto con la Asacen, CAESS estaf\u00f3 a sus accionistas y maquillaba sus cuentas. Coti explico a EntreMundos que pretenden probar que es la misma \u201cmafia de ejecutivos\u201d que esta otra vez estafando a sus accionistas y abusando al pueblo centroamericano.<\/p>\n

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Contamos a Coti y Lopez que Actis Capital se pinta como una organizacion responsable, cuya estrategia general, segun su sitio web, \u201cesta sustentada en el cumplimiento de las rigurosas normas ambientales, sociales, y gobermentales.\u201d Dijo Lopez que \u201ces mentira\u201d y Coti que \u201ces una cosa decir algo, es otra cosa hacerlo.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Energuate y Actis Capital est\u00e1n a punto de sufrir una nueva crisis de publicidad. Quedense informados.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Por Richard Brown y Patricia Macias – Corresponsales de EntreMundos. Septiembre, 2015   La distribuidora de electricidad Energuate (Deocsa-Deorsa) y su socio mayoritario, Actis Capital, un fondo brit\u00e1nico de inversiones que compro 90% de las acciones de Deocsa-Deorsa en 2012, tienen un nuevo y grave problema interna.   Por a\u00f1os Energuate ha tenido que […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1853,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[402,380,401,378],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-accion-comunitaria-3","category-economia","category-economia-alternativa","category-politica"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.entremundos.org\/revista\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/energuate.jpg?fit=3422%2C2099&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7ljt7-tI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1845,"url":"https:\/\/www.entremundos.org\/revista\/economy\/energuates-internal-crisis\/?lang=en","url_meta":{"origin":1842,"position":0},"title":"Energuate’s internal crisis","author":"EntreMundos","date":"10 noviembre, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"By Richard Brown and Patricia Mac\u00edas - EntreMundos correspondents. 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