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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 17 February 2017

ARGENTINA: Macri accused of conflict of interest

Public prosecutor Juan Pedro Zoni has asked a federal judge, Ariel Lijo, to investigate President Mauricio Macri, the communications minister, Oscar Aguad, and the head of the ministry’s legal department, Juan Manuel Mocoroa, on criminal charges relating to a debt write-down agreement between the government and a company owned by the Macri family. In an election year, the opposition has been quick to accuse the government of corruption and conflict of interest. But it is a complicated story and may not play out exactly according to the opposition script.

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