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Argentine vice president charged with conflict of interest

File photo of Argentina's Vice-President Boudou taking part in a conference with students in a university auditorium at El Salvador University, in San Salvador Argentina's Vice President Amado Boudou was charged on Friday with corruption in his dealings with a company that printed the country's currency while he was economy minister in 2010. The vice president will remain free while awaiting trial in the case along with five other defendants, according to a statement from Argentina's federal court system. Boudou is accused of secretly buying Ciccone Calcografica, a company contracted to print Argentina's peso currency, while serving as the country's top economic policymaker. Boudou has carried out minimal public functions in recent months as the investigation came to a head.




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