Antonini update: The judge presiding over the US case against the Venezuelans who tried to influence Guido Antonini Wilson to commit perjury, regarding the $800,000 in cash he attempted to smuggle into Argentina, has set the cause for trial during the two week period beginning 17 March. A Calendar Call was also scheduled for 3 March, and pre-trial motions must be filed by 14 February. Whether the case will actually go to trial then is unknown, due to several factors, such as the presence on the docket of older cases, which are generally tried first, and could exhaust the two-week time slot. In that event, the case will be bound over to the next trial calendar. Will the trial reveal how far up the governmental ladder the corrupt payments went? We cannot say, but only then will many important questions Venezuelans and Argentineans are asking about the scandal perhaps be answered.

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