Due to power outages in the CCK, Macri has suspended his speech at an investment forum – 29/11/2018

The blackouts repeated Thursday afternoon at the Kirchner Cultural Center have made the president Mauricio Macri I decided Cancel your participation in an investment forum badociated with the G20.

Shortly after midday, while discussions were taking place at a World Bank investment forum at the Kirchner Cultural Center, in the context of the G20, an electrical fault left them in the dark and delayed the completion of the meeting.

For security reasons, the decision of the organizers was to empty the room. All members had to go down the stairs and meet in the great hall of the building that housed the Central Post Office under the blue sphere of the brilliant architect Julio Le Parc.

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The delay obliged to cancel the lunch and it lasted about 45 minutes, but this ruling allowed for an exchange of views on the abundant funds around the world for infrastructure investments.

The cut has arrived again shortly after 15, and from that moment, the officials had to speak without microphones. Social Development Minister Carolina Stanley, for example, gave all his speech loudly, something unthinkable in this kind of event.

YPF President Miguel Ángel Gutiérrez One of the most enthusiastic was demonstrated by the possibility of investments for the oil company which is experiencing a strong development in the region of Vaca Muerta.

Government Spokesperson Responsible for the G20 Organization they minimized the cut. They said that it was only in the CCK and that after using the protocols to bring back the light, the activity continued.

Edesur, the utility company providing the service in this area, said the damage was caused to CCK and not to a widespread reduction of the company.

At the summit, the summit will start on Friday 30, but the leaders of the countries that make up the G20 have already started arriving in the country. This Thursday at noon, President Mauricio Macri received at Casa Rosada the President of France Emmanuel Macron, one of the first to arrive in Argentina.

Macri will have about 25 meetings during the summit with the world's top leaders, including Chinese Xi Jin PIn, American Donald Trump and Russian Vladimir Putin. He will also meet IMF Director Christine Lagarde.