11.25 Once scheduled to break ground in 2013, however, the project was halted by an economic downturn, a local land planning dispute and, some analysts said, the electoral defeat of then-Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, a personal friend of Trump’s who had championed the deal.
11.23 La Nacion reported that Argentina’s foreign minister, Susana Malcorra, had a conversation with Eric Trump following the election, facilitated by Felipe Yaryura, the co-owner of YY Development, the Argentine firm spearheading the Trump building project in Buenos Aires.
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Report: Trump building project makes headway after call with Argentine president
