Ostensibly, he had gone to see the president about export taxes on leather. But Roberto Lavagna, Argentina's economy minister since April 2002, may not have been too surprised on November 28th when Nestor Kirchner sacked him as part of a cabinet reshuffle. Their relationship had been rocky for months. Mr Lavagna had been appointed by Eduardo Duhalde, Mr Kirchner's predecessor, a fellow-Peronist but now a foe. When he disagreed with the president on policy, he did not conceal it. His fate was probably sealed on November 22nd, when he accused the planning ministry-whose head, Julio de Vido, is Mr Kirchner's closest aide-of allowing contractors to overcharge the government for building roads.
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机译：表面上看，他去见了总统关于皮革出口税的问题。但是自2002年4月以来担任阿根廷经济部长的罗伯托·拉瓦尼亚（Roberto Lavagna）在11月28日内斯特·基希纳（Nestor Kirchner）解雇内阁作为内阁改组的一部分时，可能并不感到惊讶。他们的关系几个月来一直很艰难。拉瓦尼亚先生由基希内尔先生的前任爱德华多·杜哈尔德（Eduardo Duhalde）任命，他是佩隆同胞，但现在已成为敌人。当他不同意总统的政策时，他没有隐瞒它。他的命运可能在11月22日被查封，当时他指责规划部负责人朱利奥·德·维多（Julio de Vido）是基什内尔最亲密的助手—允许承包商向政府过度收费以修建道路。
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