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'{{Infobox person | name= Enrique Omar Suárez | nickname= Caballo (horse) | nationality= [[Argentina]] | occupation= Businessman, union leader, politician }} '''Enrique Omar Suárez''' is an [[Argentina|Argentine]] union leader, businessman, and politician. He is the Secretary General of SOMU (Sindicato de Obreros Marítimos Unidos), the Argentinian union for longshoremen and other maritime workers. He is also the president of Mercante SA and director of Maruba SCA, the largest shipping company in Argentina.<ref>{{cite web| title =¿Quiénes Somos?| work =Maritima Maruba| url = http://www.maruba.com.ar/home.php?pagina=quienesSomos&seccion=quienesSomos&lang=es&editar=false}}</ref> A longtime friend and ally of the nation’s ruling [[Nestor Kirchner|Kirchner]] family, Suárez has been described as an “ultra-[[Carlos Menem|Menemista]]” who became a “hyper-Kirchnerista.”<ref name="nuestromar">{{cite web|url=http://www.nuestromar.org/noticias/transporte_maritimo_y_fluvial_082009_25600_mal_momento_para_maruba|title=Mal momento para Maruba &#124; NUESTROMAR|publisher=nuestromar.org|accessdate=2014-07-13}}</ref> He has also been called a “Cristina-ista.”<ref name=lapolit>{{cite web| title =CGT: "Caballo" Suárez rompió con Moyano y ahora es ultra cristinista| work =La Politica Online| date =Apr 10, 2012| url = http://www.lapoliticaonline.com/nota/60269/}}</ref> One source identifies him as “President [[Cristina Kirchner]]’s closest and most powerful ally.”<ref name="sela">{{cite web|url=http://www.sela.org/view/index.asp?ms=258&pagems=26402&item_id=81209|title=SELA - Prensa - Despliegue de Noticias|publisher=sela.org|accessdate=2014-07-13}}</ref> He is accused by some sources as having been implicated in killings, shootings, narcotics trafficking, and various underworld activities.<ref name=period>{{cite web| last =Maturana| first =Roberto| title =Soberanía naviera, corrupción institucional| work =Periodico Tribuna| date =Feb 5, 2011| url = http://periodicotribuna.com.ar/8822-soberania-naviera-corrupcion-institucional-.html#.U7Qc1vmSyfN}}</ref><ref name=mtm>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtmaritimos.com.ar/Sospechado.zip|title=Sospechado|publisher=mtmaritimos.com.ar|accessdate=2014-07-13}}</ref> He is widely known by the nickname “Caballo” (horse).<ref name=ieco>{{cite web| last =Rossi| first =Antonio| title =Una marítima holandesa se va del país por presión del gremio| work =Clarin| date =Jun 25, 2011| url = http://www.ieco.clarin.com/empresas/maritima-holandesa-pais-presion-gremio_0_505749666.html}}</ref> ==Relationship with the Kirchners== Suárez and leaders of three other unions agreed in 2006 “to unify their efforts to support and deepen the national recovery policy promoted by the government of President [[Néstor Kirchner]].” Suárez himself stated that the four unions were “in full accordance with the national direction of economic and social policy of President Néstor Kirchner and in full service to the reconstruction of the Argentine maritime sector.”<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nuestromar.org/noticias/politica_y_economia092006_omar_suarez_lo_que_acordamos_fue_la_unidad_total_del_sector_mari|title=Omar Suárez: "Lo que acordamos fue la unidad total del sector marítimos"|publisher=Nuestromar.org|accessdate=25 October 2014}}</ref> Suárez said that “the unity of the major world trade unions” was “terrible news for the nostalgia of [[neoliberalism]]” and represented a success for the economic and social strategy of President Kirchner.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.laautenticadefensa.net/41059|title=OMAR SUAREZ: APOYAMOS FIRMEMENTE LA CONDUCCION DE HUGO MOYANO AL FRENTE DE LA CGT|author=MatrixWay|work=La Auténtica Defensa|accessdate=25 October 2014}}</ref> Mayor Javier Iud of San Antonio said in 2007 that it was important to work closely with Suárez on local issues because Suárez is “a ‘soldier’ of Cristina” and an “unconditional ally of CGT as he was under Néstor Kirchner.”<ref>{{cite web|url=http://informativohoy.com.ar/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18:vxk47&catid=60:archivo|title=Iud y Gustavo Rubio se reunieron con Omar Suarez por la problemática pesquera|author=Administrator|publisher=Informativohoy.com.ar|accessdate=25 October 2014}}</ref> One source wrote in 2008 that Suárez was “now identified with Kirchner to the point that in the early months of the presidential campaign, he decorated the port area…with slogans reading ‘With him or with her, Kirchner president, SOMU driving. Omar Suárez.’”<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lavaca.org/notas/el-conflicto-del-casino-el-gremialismo-antisindical/|title=El conflicto del casino: el gremialismo antisindical|work=lavaca|accessdate=25 October 2014}}</ref> Suárez took part in a labor-union tribute to Néstor Kirchner on the first anniversary of his death.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sutpa.org/2011/10/28/homenaje-a-nestor-kirchner-en-la-cgt/|title=Homenaje a Néstor Kirchner en la CGT|publisher=Sutpa.org|accessdate=25 October 2014}}</ref> Suárez said in May 2011 that Argentina’s “historic” maritime presence around the world was a sign of "the remarkable recovery of Argentina at the hands of our President, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner,” and was proof that “the Argentine people need four more years of Cristina.”<ref>{{cite web|url=http://corrienteshoy.com/vernota.asp?id_noticia=79310#.U7R3k_mSyfM|title=Omar Su�rez: Los argentinos quieren cuatro años más de Cristina Kirchner|publisher=Corrienteshoy.com|accessdate=25 October 2014}}</ref> Suárez stated in April 2012 that in the elections for head of the CGT, scheduled for 2013, he would vote for the Kirchner candidate, not for current CGT leader Hugo Moyano, from whom, it was reported, he had recently been maintaining a “certain distance.”<ref name=lapolit/> Suárez stated in March 2014 that his goal as head of SOMU is “to recover a Néstor Kirchner Argentina that is a matrix of energy and development.”<ref>{{cite web|url=http://agepeba.org/lectura.asp?id=10671|title=Tras una reunión de trabajo, el titular de SOMU afirmó que Mariotto “tiene toda la aptitud para ser Gobernador”|publisher=Agepeba.org|accessdate=25 October 2014}}</ref> Suárez has been described as using his contacts with the [[Casa Rosada]] to obtain credit at the National Bank to purchase ships from [[China]].<ref name=period/> ==References== {{Reflist|colwidth=30em}} {{Persondata | NAME = Suárez, Enrique Omar | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = Argentine businessman | DATE OF BIRTH = | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Suarez, Enrique Omar}} [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Argentine businesspeople]]'