[HIGHLIGHTS] Scandal with "The Lord of Tobacco": he threatens to prosecute a journalist and demands to eliminate a note that tells of his business dealings

Tobacco businessman Pablo Otero's lawyers summoned journalist Andrés Sanguinetti, under warning of initiating civil and criminal actions. FOPEA stated that "threats of legal actions" deteriorate the quality of the "information that society receives" The tobacco industry is revolutionized by the growth of Tabacalera Sarandí, a Buenos Aires SME owned by Argentine businessman Otera.

Oteri's company competes for first place in cigarette sales with Philip Morris and surpassed British American Tobacco Argentina in sales.