Argentina: Santa Cruz governor Peralta is getting the drinks in

Cheers! Peralta (for it is he)

The blog 'Santa Cruz Pobre' has nailed a fully-fledged scoop by publishing copies of bills and receipts for goods charged to the public funds of the Province of Santa Cruz Argentina and delivered to the residence of its Governor, Daniel Peralta. So far so normal, but it turns out the goods delivered in a period of just six months during 2011 were fifteen thousand dollars worth of booze. Click here to see the post and all the receipts, here's just one as an example:

And hey, believe me on this one, that Trapiche Gran Medalla is a kick-butt drop of red and good value at 170 Argentine Pesos. Believe another thing too, that 60,000 pesos of booze is serious liquid volume in Argentina.

So anyway, kudos to the blog Santa Cruz pobre (with its scoop story now getting relayed via this La Nacion report) and if you're a mining company wanting to set up shop down Santa Cruz way, your card has now been marked on how to fast-track the permitting schedule. dyodd