Suitcase of cash sparks new scandal in Argentina/Echan al funcionario ligado con la polémica valija

A scandal over a businessman carrying a suitcase of cash on a government-hired jet has put President Nestor Kirchner on the defensive as he tries to help his wife replace him at this year's election. Claudio Uberti, a highway official who is one of Kirchner's key negotiators on energy deals with Venezuela, resigned on Thursday after he allowed a Venezuelan businessman carrying almost $800,000 in undeclared cash to travel on a jet hired by Argentine state energy company Enarsa ( full information)/El Gobierno desplazó a Uberti, el funcionario que compartió el viaje con un empresario venezolano que intentó entrar US$800.000 ilegalmente al país, en un vuelo contratado por Enarsa. En tanto, Kirchner se defendió y dijo que "por primera vez en Argentina se controla la corrupción" ( información completa)