Argentine President Mauricio Macri, received 500 thousand dollars of Brazilian construction company Odebrecht to finance his election campaign in 2015.
Brazilian giant donation was made through one of its subsidiary companies, Braskem SA, as has been observed Sunday newspaper La Nacion , which has had access to official documents.
The contribution in the balance sheet of the party to which it belongs Macri, Republican Proposal (PRO), 2015 because the company paid covered an entire table at dinner fundraiser organized Let's change in March of that year, admitted from Odebrecht and from the party that day.
"Braskem is the company holding Odebrecht for the petrochemical market and has a subsidiary in Argentina. The Brazilian giant used the strategy to include the name of this firm controlled low public awareness to prevent public exposure", noted the Nation as they trusted sources specialized in electoral funding.
Odebrecht paid about 788 million dollars in bribes in 12 countries in Latin America and Africa. Today this information is given to then know that the Brazilian construction company admitted to have financed the election campaigns of former President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff (2011-2016), the current president of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos and as president of Peru Ollanta of Humala, three in 2010.
This Sunday, Macri and government officials were also reported by the deputy Victoria Donda, from the sale of shares belonging to the Guarantee Fund Sustainability of the Pension System (FGS).
According to the indictment, the operation benefited Pampa Energía, owned by Marcelo Mindlin, also owner of Ednor- in partnership with other known friends of the current government, like English magnate Joe Lewis. Mindlin company and Lewis took the total shares of Petrobras Argentina, which the FGS had 12%. The complaint went to the Court 11 by the Federal Judge Claudio Bonadío.
As if all this were not enough, the Argentine president was also reported in mid-January by the use of company aircraft Macair linked to the presidential family, without bidding or procurement known, for official travel.
In this regard it should be recalled, according to a recent study published in mid-April, the image of President Macri still in freefall , as only 54% of citizens believe in his word.
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