Enarsa Enarsa ENARSA, in full Energía Argentina Sociedad Anónima, is a state owned company in Argentina. It is engaged in for the exploitation of petroleum and natural gas, and the production, industrialization, transport and trade of these and of electricity. Enarsa was founded on December 29, 2004, by an initiative of President Néstor Kirchner. The initiative had the political goal of reinserting the state in an oligopolic market that was completely privatized during the Menem administration in the 1990s; these privatizations included the state oil firm YPF to the Spanish corporation Repsol, as well as its sister company, "Gas del Estado",
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner bill. It was rejected by many sectors of society. The first big demonstration (a "cacerolazo") took place in September 2012. It was not called by specific politicians or social leaders, but by the public using social networks. The massive turnout was completely unexpected by both the government and the opposition. People also protested the 2012 Buenos Aires rail disaster, the conflict between Kirchnerism and the media, rising crime rates, and the tight currency controls. Kirchner dismissed the demonstration, and said that she would continue working as before. Most of the Kirchner loyalists, however, preferred simply to ignore the protest. A