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The Maletinazo, Valijagate, or suitcase scandal was a 2007 scandal involving Venezuela and Argentina, souring friendship between the countries. The scandal began when , a Venezuelan-US entrepreneur, arrived in Argentina on a private flight, hired by Argentine and Venezuelan state officials, carrying US$800,000 in cash which he failed to declare. The scandal gained further notoriety when María del Luján Telpuk, the Argentine airport police officer who discovered the unreported currency, posed naked a few months later in the Argentine and Venezuelan versions of Playboy magazine.

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  • El Caso Antonini Wilson es un proceso judicial y una polémica generada cuando Guido Antonini Wilson,​ un empresario venezolano, llegó a Argentina, el 4 de agosto de 2007, con una maleta con 790.550 dólares que no había declarado a su llegada y que fueron decomisados. El caso tuvo una amplia repercusión mediática porque coincidió con la campaña presidencial de Cristina Fernández de Kirchner y la presentación del referéndum por parte del presidente Hugo Chávez para cambiar la constitución del país, incluyendo normas que le permitirían buscar la reelección.​ El caso, que involucró a ciudadanos argentinos, estadounidenses y venezolanos, fue calificado por el periodismo y la opinión pública como el «escándalo de la valija», el «escándalo del maletín», el «maletinazo», el «maletagate» o el «valijagate». Antonini cuenta con pedidos de extradición de Venezuela y Argentina, pero Estados Unidos no ha respondido a estos todavía.​ En octubre de 2021 el ex jefe de inteligencia militar Hugo Carvajal reveló que el gobierno venezolano aportó 21 millones de dólares para la campaña electoral de Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.​ (es)
  • The Maletinazo, Valijagate, or suitcase scandal was a 2007 scandal involving Venezuela and Argentina, souring friendship between the countries. The scandal began when , a Venezuelan-US entrepreneur, arrived in Argentina on a private flight, hired by Argentine and Venezuelan state officials, carrying US$800,000 in cash which he failed to declare. Venezuela had enacted strict foreign currency controls in 2003. CADIVI, the commission established by the Venezuelan government to regulate currency, prohibits taking more than US$10,000 in cash out of the country without declaring the money. Individual Venezuelans could only take US$500 or €400 cash out of the country in a single trip and there was a yearly quota of US$2,500 on credit card expenditures; a special government permit is needed to take additional US dollars out of the country. The scandal escalated with suggestions that: Wilson was part of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez's personal entourage; the money was meant to help finance, and thus influence, the Argentine presidential candidate Cristina Fernández de Kirchner; the money was meant to bribe Argentine officials in energy deals for Venezuelan natural gas; or, the suitcase was intended for money-laundering. No allegations were proven and the case was closed in 2015 due to the statute of limitations. The scandal gained further notoriety when María del Luján Telpuk, the Argentine airport police officer who discovered the unreported currency, posed naked a few months later in the Argentine and Venezuelan versions of Playboy magazine. The word Maletinazo comes from maletín (the Spanish word for suitcase or briefcase) and the suffix -azo which implies intensity or magnitude. The scandal is also known as Valijagate, Maletagate and Maletíngate (following the -gate construction and the Spanish word maleta or valija for suitcase or briefcase). (en)
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  • El Caso Antonini Wilson es un proceso judicial y una polémica generada cuando Guido Antonini Wilson,​ un empresario venezolano, llegó a Argentina, el 4 de agosto de 2007, con una maleta con 790.550 dólares que no había declarado a su llegada y que fueron decomisados. El caso tuvo una amplia repercusión mediática porque coincidió con la campaña presidencial de Cristina Fernández de Kirchner y la presentación del referéndum por parte del presidente Hugo Chávez para cambiar la constitución del país, incluyendo normas que le permitirían buscar la reelección.​ (es)
  • The Maletinazo, Valijagate, or suitcase scandal was a 2007 scandal involving Venezuela and Argentina, souring friendship between the countries. The scandal began when , a Venezuelan-US entrepreneur, arrived in Argentina on a private flight, hired by Argentine and Venezuelan state officials, carrying US$800,000 in cash which he failed to declare. The scandal gained further notoriety when María del Luján Telpuk, the Argentine airport police officer who discovered the unreported currency, posed naked a few months later in the Argentine and Venezuelan versions of Playboy magazine. (en)
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  • Caso Antonini Wilson (es)
  • Suitcase scandal (en)
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