Tag: Franco Macri

• Tuesday, March 19th 2019 - 08:50 UTC

  Macri admits his father was part of an extortion system during the Kirchner years

  

  Franco Macri's dealings with the former Kirchnerite governments amount to a “crime,” Argentine president Mauricio Macri declared on Sunday in a wide-ranging primetime interview that touched on corruption, influence peddling, the October elections, former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's legal situation and his recently deceased father, Franco.

• Monday, March 4th 2019 - 07:21 UTC

  Father of Argentine president and prominent businessman dies at age 88

  

  Franco Macri, the father of Argentina's president who migrated to the South American country from Italy as a teenager and went on to become one of its most prominent businessmen, died on Saturday, the president's office said. He was 88.

• Tuesday, December 11th 2018 - 09:12 UTC

  Macri's father and brother to testify in court over alleged corruption practices

  

  The brother and father of Argentina's President Mauricio Macri are to testify in court this week over their alleged involvement in a huge kickbacks scandal known as the “corruption notebooks” case, reports said on Monday.

• Tuesday, April 5th 2016 - 06:06 UTC

  Macri admits he was member of family offshore society, but it was reported to the Argentina tax office

  

  Argentine President Mauricio Macri came on stage on Monday to defend himself as he is one of the world leaders to appear as director of an offshore society in the so called “Panama Papers” leak that triggered a worldwide scandal.