My Life in Argentina and Beyond

Sunday, January 13, 2008: Last year, while still in Argentina, I wrote about a suitcase with about $800,000 that someone had tried to smuggle via Caracas, Venezuela. Now it looks like this story could very well be turned into a spy movie. Antonini Wilson, the Venezuelan businessman who carried the suitcase, is also an American citizen. And somebody could have tried to bribe him to say it was not really his and they could have threatened his family. Just before I left Argentina a couple of weeks ago, the new president of Argentina said that the suitcase issue is part of a garbage campaign against her. It is rumored that the money was supposed to help Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner get elected.