meanwhile Hugo is buying the support of South American countries by offering to build refinieries and such...
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Venezuelan Probed for Suitcase of Cash
http://www.dailycomet.com/article/20070808/API/708081040
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina Argentine authorities said Wednesday they were investigating why a Venezuelan man was carrying $800,000 in undeclared cash aboard an executive jet charted by Argentina’s state energy company.
Venezuelan businessman Antonini Wilson was detained early Saturday by customs authorities at a Buenos Aires airport after they found the cash in one of his suitcases.
Wilson arrived from Caracas aboard the chartered jet with officials from Energia Argentina SA, or ENARSA, which paid for the flight, and Venezuela’s state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela SA.
ENARSA issued a statement Wednesday saying it rented the plane to ferry the company officials between the two capitals as they worked out the details of a liquid natural gas supply agreement.
On Monday, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Venezuela would invest in a regasification plant for liquid natural gas for Argentina, which is weathering an energy crisis. Chavez was in Argentina as part of a regional tour.
The Venezuelan president later denied Argentine media reports that Wilson was part of his delegation.
Argentine authorities said they were investigating whether Wilson committed a simple customs violation for not declaring the cash or if some other crime may have been committed.
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Nice updating Norm.
I appreciate it.
BTTT. Very interesting.
Ping.
The incident has shaken the Argentine government, prompted one Argentine official to resign and led Venezuelan authorities to launch investigations. Officials so far have given no explanation as to why Antonini Wilson had the cash or what sort of business he is in.
Corporate records in the United States list Alejandro Antonini, apparently the same man, as an executive of the Florida-based companies Techmilk, Venuz Supply, Global Ads and Foxdelta Investments.
Antonini Wilson owns a three-bedroom condominium in Key Biscayne that has a market value of about $1 million, according to Miami-Dade County records. Venezuelan public records show he is registered to vote at the Venezuelan consulate in Miami.
------ "Argentina wants to arrest Venezuelan businessman," BY OSCAR SERRAT, Associated Press via http://www.miamiherald.com/519/story/203639.html