Andrónico Luksic Craig, Chilean billionaire businessman and partner of ex-president Horacio Cartes, arrived in Paraguay on Saturday for a suggestive lightning visit. The man arrived on a private plane accompanied by the first episode of his commercial collection. His arrival comes weeks after his partner in Paraguay was punished by the US government.
on a plane Cessna 750 Quote businessman has arrived Andronicus Luxic CraigChairman of the Luksic Group, one of the largest business conglomerates in Chile. The businessman’s arrival across the Andes occurred around 11:45 this Saturday, according to what ABC Color can verify.
Luksic is a business partner of the former president of Paraguay Horace CartesAnd the Recently appointed as badly spoiled by the US government. Both are involved in business in different fields, the latest of which is the sale of fuel through the company Enix.
According to the data and copies that our newspaper had access to, the Chilean businessman arrived, accompanied by several people from his closest environment, among them Rodrigo Hinspeter, Former Minister of the Interior in the government of Sebastian Pinera and current CEO of the Luksic Group, the Frances Perez McKennadirector of several Chilean conglomerate companies.
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Luksic left Silvio Pettirossi airport through the presidential breakwater and was taken straight to former President Cartes’ home in a private van with two other vehicles.
Luksic’s visit comes three weeks after the US State Department classified his business partner, former Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes, as deeply corrupt and imposed sanctions with a life ban on entering Paraguay. A country in North America, a punishment that also affected the three children of the former president of Paraguay.
Various joint projects
Cartes and Luksic have been business partners for nearly a decade, during which time they have engaged in business in various fields. In 2013, Compañía Cerveras Unidas (CCU), owned by Quiñenco (Luksic), bought 50% of the shares of Bebidas del Paraguay, owned by Grupo Cartes.
In November 2020, it was announced that another subsidiary of the Luksic Group had landed in Paraguay after a new business alliance with Cartes Group. This is Enex Paraguay, a subsidiary of the Chilean company Enex.
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Enex in November 2019 acquired 50% of the shares of Gasur SRL, a company that Cartes Group acquired in September 2019.
National Energy Corporation (Enex) is another subsidiary of Quiñenco, the parent company of the Luksic Group. With this company, Luksic acquired the assets of the multinational Shell in 2011, becoming one of the largest fuel operators in the trans-Andean country.
