Bill Clinton stood out “the potentiality that Argentina has to develop”

American former president, Bill Clinton, had lunch today with Argentine businessmen and with the ambassador of his country, Earl Wayne, in the frame of his visit to Buenos Aires to offer a conference on behalf of his foundation and emphasized the potentiality of Argentina.
One of the first people in leaving the lunch was ambassador Wayne, today is his penultimate day as a diplomatic representative of Washington in the Argentina

Bill Clinton arrived in Argentina an is greeted by president Cristina Fernández

Télam. National News Agency of Argentina. June 2, 2009. Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, who arrived in Buenos Aires on Tuesday for a brief visit, had lunch with a numerous group of local businessmen and later delivered a lecture in which he remarked the development potentiality of this country, reported Télam, the national news agency of Argentina

"It was a very pleasant and friendly meeting. Clinton gave us his version in matters of foreign policy and on the crisis affecting most countries", said Argentine entrepreneur Enrique Eskenazi, who attended the reunion, in which the outgoing US Ambassador Earl Anthony Wayne was present. According to Eskenazi, Clinton expressed "an optimistic outlook of upcoming events regarding the world economic crisis. He said that measures are being taken in the United States and in Europe that will help improve the situation". The former Democratic President, husband of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, stressed "Argentina’s potentiality of development and asked the businessmen present about their forecasts on the Argentine mid term elections of June 28", said Eskenasy, an important stockholder of Repsol YPF.One of the first to leave the luncheon was Ambassador Wayne, scheduled to leave Argentina next Thursday. He has been assigned to Afghanistan.

Clinton praised the work of the career diplomat.Another businessman, Gustavo Cinosi, told Télam that "Clinton said he liked Argentina very much and was pleased to be here". Clinton, who chairs the Foundation that bears his name, delivered a lecture before some 1,000 people in a downtown hotel. Some of his assistants said that a meeting with Argentine President Cristina Fernández was not disregarded.