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ACCUSED OF CORRUPTION

Freed extesorero Spanish ruler PP

Madrid | Afp

A extesorero Spanish ruling Popular Party (PP , right) was released yesterday after paying a hefty deposit, returning to bring to the fore a corruption splashing the government in an election year.

“I feel great,” said Luis Barcenas his release from prison of Soto del Real, near Madrid, accompanied by his two children.

The lawyers of Luis Barcenas had deposited on Thursday morning bail of 200,000 euros gathered by his family according to a judicial source.

Barcenas has been released after 19 months in custody before trial on money laundering, tax evasion and embezzlement between 1999 and 2005.

HAVE RECEIVED MONEY GROUP PENTA

Widow of Augusto Pinochet involved in scandal

Santiago | Efe

Lucía Hiriart, widow of the late Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, also received money from the owners of the Penta group accused of illegally finance some political campaigns in Chile, it was reported yesterday.

The link Hiriart with the owners of the conglomerate Penta, came to limelight after Hugo Bravo, who was manager of the group, revealed a conversation he had with Carlos Eugenio Lavín, one of the owners of the company.

Yesterday, the electronic portal The Counter, spread the conversation between Bravo and Lavin, wherein the first informs you of the delivery of “cash for Mrs. Lucy” referring to the widow of dictator (1973-1990).

DISCUSSED THE ISSUE IN THE CELAC

Guatemala seeks candidate for OAS Secretariat

City of Guatemala | Afp

Guatemala search the CELAC summit next week in Costa Rica, another candidate for the General Secretariat of the OAS, after the resignation of former vice president Eduardo Stein as a candidate for the office said Yesterday Foreign Minister Carlos Morales.

The presentation of “another possible candidacy” will be a topic to be discussed during the meeting of the 33 countries of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), which will place on 28 and 29 January in Costa Rica, Morales said on Radio Sonora.

“We will leverage (the summit of CELAC) to discuss whether or not another application,” said the chancellor.

The former vice president of Guatemala Eduardo Stein (2004-2008) withdrew on Wednesday its aspiration to charge health problems.

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