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Montevideo, April 19th 2024 - 04:46 UTC

Tag: Great Chaparral Balcedo ranch

  • Thursday, June 2nd 2022 - 08:55 UTC

    Balcedo now suing Uruguay for damages

    The lawsuit was filed against the Uruguayan prosecutor's office and that includes all the prosecutors who acted in the case

    Former Argentine labor unionist leader Marcelo Balcedo has decided to sue Uruguay for damages allegedly worth US$ 22 million after two private airplanes were impounded in 2018 when he was arrested in his ranch near Punta del Este pending extradition to Argentina.

  • Saturday, January 13th 2018 - 07:58 UTC

    Argentine union leaders warn Macri, and forecast he may not end his mandate

    ”I recall that the unions were attacked by the military, by ex presidents Alfonsin and (Fernando) de la Rúa, and we know how they all ended”, said Barrionuevo.

    The Argentine government approach to the power challenge from strong unions has managed so far to have several of its leaders indicted for money laundering, fraud, racketeering and widespread corruption, including one who is jailed in neighboring Uruguay and which the Argentine justice expects to extradite.

  • Monday, January 8th 2018 - 05:53 UTC

    Argentina dismantling the extortive power of the corrupt unions

    Marcelo Balcedo (C), 53, is/was the boss of the province of Buenos Aires government minors and education workers union, SOEME, with at least 35.000 membership

    A member of Argentina's elite of powerful union sharks has been arrested in Uruguay at his Great Chaparral ranch and is awaiting extradition to Buenos Aires to face charges of corruption, money laundering, extortion, stealing funds and links with the drugs business, among others.