Cristina Fernandez “wonder boy” saves in dollars and has property in Uruguay
Argentina’s Cristina Fernandez “wonder boy” seems to be missing on his homework. According to the Argentine media Economy Deputy Minister Axel Kicillof not only has his savings in US dollars but owns real estate in Uruguay, which Argentina considers an overseas fiscal paradise.
The data was collected from the presentation of his first assets’ sworn statement before the Argentine Anti-corruption Office and according to Perfil.com says Axel has assets totalling 688.013 Pesos, approximately 140.000 dollars, which includes 37.000 dollars in a bank account.
Less than a month ago President Cristina Fernandez called on her ministers to “Pesify” their savings in dollars, in line with the clamp on greenbacks holdings implemented by the Argentine government since October last year.
The President also pledged to have a 3 million dollars savings account converted into Pesos. Nevertheless until a few weeks ago her boutique hotels in EL Calafate, Patagonia, were charging in US dollars as proved by an in-situ television report.
The “fortune” of the wonder boy consists mainly of a house of 145 square metres in the middle-class neighbourhood of Parque Chas which he purchased in 2009 for the sum of 40.000 dollars, according to Perfil.com.
The assets of Axel, 41, also include a house in the river resort of El Ensueño across the River Plate in Colonia, Uruguay, which he purchased in December 2005 paying at the time 3.000 dollars, according to the statement, to which he added an adjoining plot of 420 square metres. He also reformed the house investing the equivalent in Uruguayan Pesos of 12.000 dollars.
The one car family vehicle has a Renault 1-6 Scenic from 2008 which Axel shares with his wife and two children.
Finally Axel has bank accounts, both savings and cash equivalent to 240.214 Argentine Pesos, of which in dollars 37.000.
Since Vice president and economist Amado Boudou fell into disgrace given the alleged corruption scandals involving him and friends through ghost companies, Kicillof has emerged as the rising star in Cristina Fernandez cabinet, becoming her main advisor in economic and financial affairs.
He is believed to have masterminded the YPF majority stake seizure from Spain’s Repsol, the current US dollar clamp to force Argentines to save in Pesos and appealing to protectionist measures as part of the overall view of a planned economy to promote domestic industry and jobs.
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Either he is an Argie economist or just not very good at saving!
Lybia is not really in MercoPresses target area.
You set low standards for your leaders if you think it is “cool” that they preach one thing and do another.
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Argentines voted her in, now suck it up.
And #4 continues to speak with such hollow a echos. He will be chanting his homo, racist, pervert chant next. But for now he is sticking with his muslim women and children killer chant.
You say:
Either he is an Argie economist or just not very good at saving!
I say:
Or an honest, idealistic young man.........................
@2 There is nowhere in the world called “Lybia”, anymore than there is anywhere called “Malvinas Argentinas”. And then your last sentence “Who do you think u are talking to??” It's not “who”, it's “what”. And on the face of it, it's a piece of foul-mouthed, ignorant, stupid, sub-human, slime-sh*t. Any more questions, slime-sh*t?
@8 He's like you. “You can't touch me 'cos I luv CFK.” Or sh*t, by any other name!
Now if CFK's 'wonder boy' hasn't taken any notice of her, it means:
1. CFK has lost control of her own government, or
2. CFK was just blowing smoke up the voting publics arses, as she and her cronies never intended to swap their dollars for pesos.
I think it's a bit of both.
The most amazing thing is that the Joe Blow public accepts that!
I surmise that there is significant (new) family wealth lodged elsewhere, in dollars and /or Swiss francs.
Perhaps, as Beef says, he has just not become proficient at corruption;
but my guess is, Think, he has become very good at it.
hahahaha
Envious? It's you and people like you that these people are robbing blind.
You cannot save in US$ but they can. You cannot buy US$ but they can. They 'make' the law which YOU must obey, but they DON'T have to obey it.
The fact that you don't see anything 'wrong' with this double standard, in a democratic country, means you are either being paid to support this government, stupid or both.
“It's one thing for the politicians to get rich, most do. But the “do as I say not as I do” would make me go ballistic. It's like they accept being anllay raped withOUT lube.”
There fixed that for you. :0)
When the expenses scandal in the UK broke, I am sure B-K said something like “this is small beer, what’s all the fuss about”.
Otherwise, surely he would be being a little bit hypocritical.
Or is it the case that crooked leaders are ok in South America but not in the UK?
It’s the white man’s burden, Massa B-K knows what is best for us.
So graft is ok if you are:
a) A left wing South American politician; or
b) A left wing British politician.
Just making sure I understand the rules.
In what way is George Galloway “pro-Latin America”???
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