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Former Argentine VP Boudou released from prison on bail, must wear anklet

Wednesday, December 12th 2018 - 08:42 UTC
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The release of former Argentine Vicepresident Amado Boudou was ordered Tuesday by a three-member court on condition that he posts bail in the amount of one million pesos (around US$ 26,500) and wears a GPS tracking device around his ankle. Read full article

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  • Enrique Massot

    Judges are beginning to take some precautions, just in cases like Amado Boudou's.

    On another note, judge Bonadio has called to testify papa de Mauricio, Franco Macri.

    Funny how fortunes come and go...

    Dec 12th, 2018 - 03:20 am - Link - Report abuse -2
  • Think

    Estimado Sr. Massot...
    Si “Veinte Años No Es Nada”..., imaginesé que poco son cuatro años... ;-)
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=upsF0jpz4kg

    Dec 12th, 2018 - 03:57 am - Link - Report abuse -2
  • Jo Bloggs

    Poor old Amanda. I think CFK would look good in an ankle bracelet. Not long to wait before I realise my fantasy. ;-)

    Dec 13th, 2018 - 01:15 am - Link - Report abuse +1
  • Enrique Massot

    In a astounding reverse of fortune, maverick judge Claudio Bonadio has now called Mauricio Macri's dad Franco and brother Gianfranco to testify about potential bribery charges.

    Some time ago, those hounding Cristina Fernandez claimed Kirchnerists had significant assets in offshore secret bank accounts. They went to look for those accounts but instead found offshore accounts held by Macri and/or friends.

    Now the same optimistic souls went to probe “K” corruption with an unrelenting media campaign--and found in the end Paolo Rocca, Gianfranco and old man Franco Macri.

    Never a boring day in Macriland.

    Dec 13th, 2018 - 04:57 am - Link - Report abuse -2
  • imoyaro

    Well, Kamerad/Komrade, if you'll recall, I have always stated Macri was a typical Argentine politician, with all that that implies. Come to think of it, so are you, no? ;)

    Dec 13th, 2018 - 08:16 am - Link - Report abuse +1
  • Think

    Solo 318 amaneceres para que Macrilandia se historia...

    Dec 13th, 2018 - 12:37 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • DemonTree

    Nah, Enrique wants to be a typical NIMBY Canadian politician:

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/springbank-flood-mitigation-1.4941934

    It is pretty funny that the investigations keep coming back to Macri and his family, though.

    Think, I saw Macri drive past with a big police escort at the G20 - well, the guy washing in a nearby fountain said it was Macri, anyway.

    Dec 14th, 2018 - 08:50 pm - Link - Report abuse -1
  • Enrique Massot

    @imoyaro

    You keep inserting idiotic, Cold-War-era name-calling because you do not find anything of substance to say.

    You and your ilk scoffed three years ago when I told MP readers in this section what Mauricio Macri was going to do if elected Argentine president.

    It is true, however, that I failed to predict the extent to which this guy and his team of CEOs have hurt the country's population.

    The results are way grimmer.

    @DT

    There are alternatives to the Springbank Dam, one of which being building a dam upstream on the Elbow River that would protect Bragg Creek - where I live - as well as a First Nations reserve and a portion of Rocky View County territory.

    The “notebook” investigation is a total fiasco, but they are increasingly becoming what the story has been from the beginning: following the route of the “K” money, the judges end up finding instead a big “MM” highway.

    Dec 15th, 2018 - 04:13 am - Link - Report abuse -2
  • DemonTree

    @EM
    Why did they pick the Springbank project then? Is it cheaper? Or someone upstream has more pull?

    Three years ago I thought Macri's plans sounded pretty reasonable, but time has shown you were right about him. Hence me changing my opinion. And it's true they've failed to find offshore accounts belonging to the K's, while Macri was in both the Panama and Paradise Papers.

    I just got back from Argentina, Patagonia was just amazing with the empty roads and the mountains and glaciers.

    Dec 16th, 2018 - 12:52 am - Link - Report abuse -1
  • Jo Bloggs

    The thing is tha

    Dec 16th, 2018 - 03:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • DemonTree

    Hit post too soon? What is the thing, Jo Bloggs?

    Dec 16th, 2018 - 10:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Enrique Massot

    @DT

    So glad you made it to Patagonia. I hitch hiked through a good portion of our southern territory around 1970, and I had unforgettable experiences during that trip, and for me the empty roads were also fascinating as it was slipping in the desert, under the darkest of the skies under the stars' light, as foxes roamed nearby.

    I am also glad you now view the current Argentine president in a different manner--yes, I said who he was at the very onset, but I would've preferred to be proven dead wrong.

    The Springbank was pushed through because it looked easy to build, but challenges such as the purchase of the private land required for the project has so far revealed complex.

    Many believe the dry dam was pushed without appropriately evaluating a couple other options, one being a dam on the Elbow River upstream of the one proposed that would protect Calgary but also Bragg Creek, Redwood Meadows and a portion of Rocky View.

    But as usual, politics got in the way of the best possible solution.

    Dec 18th, 2018 - 03:12 am - Link - Report abuse +1
  • imoyaro

    Idiotic? Just a little reminder, your bragging about eating mangoes in Missiones was worthy of a death sentence. ;)

    Dec 18th, 2018 - 07:02 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • :o))

    Didn't Amado Boudou have the Brazilian Know-How?

    Dec 18th, 2018 - 02:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • DemonTree

    @EM
    It must have been quite different back in the 70s. I bet there were a lot less tourists and a lot fewer paved roads. I didn't sleep under the stars but I did go out to see the unfamiliar southern skies, and there are still lots of hitchhikers down there. We even picked up a couple. I guess it's easier when there is only one road since pretty much everyone will be going the same way. Have you also travelled around Canada? There must be lots of sparsely-populated places there, too.

    And I know what you mean about Macri. I would much rather have been proven wrong about Brexit, but so far it's turning out even worse than I feared. It's painful to watch one's country shoot itself in the foot.

    Dec 18th, 2018 - 11:37 pm - Link - Report abuse 0

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