He crashed head-on into a bus, where the Paraguayan businessman from the same sector, Juan Selent, also lost his life.
The Syrian businessman Obaida Kabour died this Saturday morning in a traffic accidentwhile driving a truck on Route 19, near the access to Andresito. The crash was head-on, with a bus from the Itatí company that was transporting twelve passengers and whose driver had to be hospitalized with serious injuries. Additionally, in the vehicle was another renowned Paraguayan businessman in the herbal sector, Juan Selent, who also died.
The accident occurred around 7:20, when Kabour collided with a bus while driving a truck on Route 19, near the town of Comandante Andresito, in the northwest corner of Misionesnear the border with Brazil.
In the afternoon, the authorities, along with experts and officers from the Andresito police station, are working to determine the causes of the accident, and an update is expected in the next few hours.
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Kabour, appreciated in the herbal community
He Kabour Groupfounded in 2007, is the main exporter of yerba mate in Argentinamainly to the Syrian market and other Middle Eastern countries, which explain almost 80% of foreign sales of yerba mate, which last year were 39.7 million kilos and represent 13% of what is consumed. in the domestic market.
The former head of the National Yerba Mate Institute (INYM), Juan José Szcychowskilamented the death: ”It is very sad news, I shared many times with him, he was a great person, very nice and with a strategic vision for business”. In turn, the businessman Renzo Klimiuk He expressed: ”He was a great person and unconditional friend like few others. We have lived a thousand moments and he was always a positive person, with good vibes. “He will be greatly missed.”
Kabour settled in Comandante Andresito a year after the company was founded, and assumed leadership of the group, which has offices in Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires, and also a plant in Syria where weed, tea and coffee are packaged. This town of Misiones is one of the main centers of the country’s herbal industry, standing out for the quality of its herbal products.
In addition, The businessman was interested in the export of Misiones teato compete with countries like India and Vietnam. In 2018 he had met with Mauricio Macri to talk about the issue; and recently it had begun to make part of its sales from Paraguay due to the exchange rate policy that discouraged exports.
Source: Ambito
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