Argentina December 15: Anger over US legal interpretations

So here's the deal. I'm looking to provide some translations of Latin American news sources. For now, not too much commentary. Let's get serious--a meaningful glimpse into the workings of the Argentine press? Really we're just another arm of your friendly media conglomerate. But with a bit more time and practice, this whole operation might be useful. So we do what we can.

The first installment will be from La Nación. This brief translation regards campaign funding in Argentina. Apparently a hefty $800 million was intended for the presidential election campaigns last August.

source: http://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/nota.asp?nota_id=971415&pid=3662307&toi=5258
Regarding the suitcase incident with Antonini Wilson

"The United States committed processing fraud" said Alberto Fernández.

The Chief of Staff affirmed in current investigations that the U.S. government avoided the extradition of Venezuelan businessman to Argentina.

The strong Government response will not be made to wait. The U.S. ambassador to Argentina, Earl Wayne, defended the judicial process in the case of the luggage. Last August, the Venezuelan businessman Guido Alejandro Antonini intended on entering our country without declaration.

"This is bothersome for us, the United States committed fraud to avoid the departure of Antonini Wilson," sustains the Chief of Staff, Alberto Fernández, in declarations on the National Radio in relation to the United States' concern over the supposed entry of foreign agents into their country.

He added that in this framework, "it is very difficult to believe that there has been an independent action of the american justice, because this has been a fiscal action and these actions are not independent of the United States."

Fernández recalled that "Argentina detected this issue four months before the incident. Someone having a contract with an Argentine company was bringing 800 million dollars via airplane. The aeoronautic police and customs discovered the suitcase and took legal action. The man who brought the suitcase, Antonini Wilson, left the country the next day."

Fernández detailed, "he entered with a Venezuelen passport and left with an American person. He came to Caracas and exited in Miami. Afterward the investigation in Argentina advanced and the officials demanded the extradition of Antonini Wilson, to find out the origin and destination of the funds. [Yet] the United States systematically refused to send him."

"At this time we found out that the United States redefinied the terms of the case. Antonini Wilson is labeled as a victim of extortion, which concerns the detection of foreign agents in the country. This results from a narrow inquiry in which the United States is not investigating the origin or the [intended] destination of the money," he described.

"The result is that Antonini Wilson has been converted into a privileged witness. It will be difficult to establish his return to Argentina," he asserted.

Fernández reiterated that the United States, "during the Republican administration has shown their disdain and lack of attention to Latin America, as well as angering some countries, especially Venezuela."

For the minister, the last week "was, for the North American logic, complex because it created the Banco del Sur [Bank of the South], which followed with the recognition of the president (Cristina Fernández de Kirchner) as well as the support Hugo Chávez has given us, and the claim for Ingrid Betancourt."

The week "ended with the President's complaint before the National Congress, stating that it is necessary that international terrorism not be fought through the use of global violations of human rights," he concluded.

from: http://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/nota.asp?nota_id=971415&pid=3662758&toi=5258
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