After a tough year, in which his government has had to contend with a currency crisis, Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri will have been hoping for a stress-free end to 2018. But this week Macri received the unsettling news that his father and one of his brothers have been summoned to appear before a federal judge to provide evidence in a major government corruption case that is currently under investigation. The unexpected summons re-opens the possibility that Macri himself could be implicated in wrongdoing, which would damage his image and undermine his presumptive re-election bid next October. End of preview - This article contains approximately 795 words.
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