Argentina: Drug money
28Aug08
A series of scandals involving pharmaceutical companies — each pointing in the direction that they are involving in the manufacture and/or trafficking of illicit drugs, and the most dramatic involving the assassination of several businessmen – might be worrisome for President Kirchner (the new one) given that her campaign finance disclosures (and those of her husband) show contributions from the companies, La Nacion reports.
The article also notes that a large portion (36.5%) of the political contributions made to the Kichners since 2003 were from drug companies.
Defending the president, her minister of health remarked that “it’s very difficult to control” the origins of campaign contributions.