Suitcase scandal
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The Maletinazo, Valijagate, or suitcase scandal was a 2007 scandal involving Venezuela and Argentina, souring friendship between the countries.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and Argentinian President Néstor Kirchner in 2005.
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner with Hugo Chávez.
Cristina Fernández
General elections were held in Argentina on Sunday, 28 October 2007 to elect the president and members of the National Congress, while elections for provincial governors took place on staggered dates
Suitcase scandal
…agents of the Venezuelan government who intended for Antonini to help cover up the scandal over the money that was intended for "a candidate" in the Argentine presidential elections of 2007. The Assistant U.S. Attorney in charge of the case, Thomas Mulvihill, said that one of the arrested individuals, Franklin Durán, had declared that the…
Cristina fernandez de kirchner cropped 2007 04 25
Elisa Carrió
Roberto Lavagna 2004
Alberto Rodríguez Saá