Bonelli, despite his Italian surname, has quite a history of running interference for Spanish interests in Argentina - even predatory ones.
He was Clarín's top cheerleader for privatizations in the '90s (many of which ended up in Spanish hands), and remember when Ms. Kirchner renationalized the oil firm YPF in 2012? Bonelli spent every waking minute bashing the decision and exalting Repsol, the Spanish oil firm (co-owned w/ Mexican narcos) that had been running YPF into the ground.
That is, until it came out that his wife had a plum job at Repsol (as a "translator" earning $240,000 a year), and that Repsol was his program's chief sponsor.
After this little fracas though, I doubt any seasoned Madrid ejecutivo will want Bonelli carrying water for him in the future.
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Bonelli and wife: Mr. and Mrs. Repsol.[/center]
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