In debt fight, Argentina vs influential foes

cosponsored legislation demanding “full compensation” for Argentina’s bondholders – the sponsor of that bill, former congressman Connie Mack, took in US$39,000 from Singer’s company – and has urged the Barack Obama administration to investigate Argentina’s relationship with Iran. ATFA has commended Grimm for his work.
Another lawmaker who signed the letter to Holder is Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a Florida Republican who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee. She accuses the Argentine government of colluding with the Islamic Republic to cover up its alleged role in the AMIA bombing and undermining US interests “by giving Iran a larger footprint in the Western Hemisphere”.
But she isn’t just worried about Iranian-backed terrorism. In a 2012 news release, she said it was “troubling that Argentina refuses to honour its outstanding debts, and evades US court decisions.”
Ros-Lehtinen received 108,000 dollars last year from the American Unity PAC. The PAC was founded in 2012 with a one-million-dollar inves

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