Former US President, Bill Clinton, arrived in Argentina, where he expounded upon Global Crisis and both countries –US and Argentina- challenges. Almost 1,000 people attended the conference that Clinton gave on behalf of the “Clinton Foundation”. Among the attendants, there were businessmen, Supreme Court members, politicians, diplomats, academicians, and high-level government employees.
But right before the conference, Clinton –who governed US between 1993 and 2001-, had lunch with a selected group of 20 businessmen with a strong presence from Argentina and Latin America. He shared table with Julio, Gerardo and Adrian Werthein (event organizers and owners of the insurance company La Caja), Eduardo Eurnekian (Corporación América Director), Ernesto Gutierrez Conte (Corporacion America and Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 CEO), Enrique Eskenazi (Petersen Group President), Jorge Brito (Banco Macro and Adeba President), Hugo Sigman (Elea y Bagó laboratories owner) Eduardo Elztain (IRSA Group President), and Juan Carlos Lopez Mena (Buquebús owner).
During lunch, Clinton showed his interest in the Argentinean legislative elections, although the global crisis was the topic that captured the conversation. After lunch Enrique Ezkenazi told, that former president Clinton “showed optimism about the future in relation with the economic crisis. Former President Clinton said that US and Europe are taking precautions to improve the situation”.
Jorge Brito said that Former President Clinton explained what his vision about the future of economy, US crisis and his effects in the world are, and that he assured that the worst part of the crisis has passed.
After Lunch, Bill Clinton walked toward the auditorium of the Hilton Hotel where, for almost 90 minutes, he spread the Clinton Global Initiative’s work, which is a project of the Clinton Foundation that brings together a community of global leaders, university students, and private citizens to identify and implement innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges, including poverty alleviation, climate change, global health, and education.
During the conference, in front of almost 1,000 people, former President said “the worst crisis seems to be over”. He also reminded the origins and the different stages that the crisis went trough, and he recognized that “We should have prevented the repossession hearings, but we didn’t”.
Later that night, when he shared dinner with Argentinean President Cristina Fernández and his husband, Nestor Kirchner; Buenos Aires Governor, Daniel Scioli; Secretary of State, Sergio Massa; Minister for Public Investment, Julio de Vido; businessmen and event organizers, Julio, Gerardo and Adrian Werthein; and Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 CEO, Ernesto Gutierrez Conte, Former President Clinton said how much he enjoys Argentina. He also praised US Ambassador’s Earl Wayne job in Argentina, , who is leaving Buenos Aires to hold his new diplomatic assignment in Afghanistan.
