Diesel: the lack continues and the controversy over cutting biodiesel is growing

While the Minister of Transport, Alexis Guerrera, argues that the lack of diesel “it would be solved in 15-20 daysAnd that diesel for agricultural work is guaranteed, controversy is growing over who really benefits from cutting biodiesel into diesel.

In turn, the carriers that have disrupted routes and barely managed to get the trucks to the main ports are already organizing a march of proportions to the City.

It is in this scenario that the government has backtracked take 5 to 10% cutting diesel fuel with biodiesela biofuel based on soybean oil.

The measure was celebrated because it partially hides the lack of fuel and repairs the opposite effect of the law promoted by art. Máximo Kirchner who canceled the cut from 12% to 5%.

While the increase in the cut implies an improvement for SMEs that produce biodiesel, there is one entrepreneur who especially benefit.

This is so since the state defines who can participate in the biodiesel production activity, how much volume refineries have to buy from them who produce the diesel coveted and what price they have to pay.

the chosen one is Juan Carlos Bojanich. Through his six companies, Bojanich captures the 27.4% biodiesel that the Ministry of Energy expects oil companies to buy from a group of manufacturing SMEs.

Biobahía, Biobin, Bio Ramallo, Biobal ​​Energy, Bio Corba and Refinar Bio, all Bojanich companies, sell biodiesel to YPF, Shell, Axion and Puma.

In June, it was 17,034 tons. and in silver, they are more than 3.160 million pesos. As soon as the cut with biodiesel was extended, the price increased by 15% nationwideanother joy for this entrepreneur.

In that area they point out that Bojanich is a good example of the social rise generated by Kirchnerism.

In the early 1980s, he came to Bahía Blanca from his native San Nicolás to work in an industrial bakery and today he has 6 biodiesel production plants, in addition to his participation in the gaming sector, In the area they know him as “the king of Bingo”.

For 30 years he has been the majority shareholder of Bahía Blanca Bingo, with 600 slot machines. In the early 2000s she became a shareholder of the Midas Group, which manages the 1,200 slot machines from Ciudadela, Caseros, Merlo and Hurlingham bingo.

Also participate in Crown Casino which operates seven other rooms as well 1,500 cars in Río Negro.

This way it checks the 5% of the profitable slots business.

A few years ago it was indicted together with his Midas shareholders as “co-perpetrator” of the crime of tax evasion “repeated” six times between 2006 and 2013. At the end of 2020, in a new case, the Justice has again prosecuted the shareholders for the alleged crime of money laundering and treasury evasion.

At first he was able to supply the Argentine Navy, at the naval base of Puerto Belgrano, an activity in which he prospered until he organized his network of bakeries, which he baptized “La Nueva Sirena”.

But lately he put his chips in biofuel.

Despite a regulation that must incentivize SMEs, Bojanich has found a return and with its six companies monopolizes over 27% of sales.