Photographs: Reuters
World leaders, including Rwandan President Paul Kagame, Argentina President Cristina Fernandez and Moroccan Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri, have been on a spending spree in New York ahead of this week's United Nations General Assembly.
According to the New York Post, Rwandan President Kagame is staying in the $16,000 dollars-per-night presidential suite at the Mandarin Oriental despite his average annual income of $1,150.
The hotel's website says that Kagame's rooms have panoramic views of Central Park, the Hudson River and the Manhattan skyline.
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IN PIX: Meet the high-spenders at the UNGA
Photographs: Reuters
The newspaper also reported that Argentina President Christina Fernandez de Kirchner went out shopping and bought 20 pairs of Louboutins at $5,500 a pair.
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IN PIX: Meet the high-spenders at the UNGA
Moroccan Foreign Minister Fihri was dining at Harry Cipriani, as were dignitaries from Nigeria. The Saudi leaders are at The Plaza, and a group of them headed to the hotel's Warren-Tricomi salon on Tuesday for grooming.
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IN PIX: Meet the high-spenders at the UNGA
UN General Assembly President Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser and other Qatari royals visited suitmaker Domenico Vacca, where Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani dropped six figures.
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