Argentina's former Vice-President Amado Boudou has been sentenced to five years and 10 months in jail for corruption.
The charges related to his attempt to buy a money-printing company through a front business. Boudou was in power during the administration of former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. The ex-president herself has been summoned to give evidence in another wide-ranging corruption investigation next week.
Both say they are victims of political persecution by the current President, Mauricio Macri. Boudou was accused of lifting a bankruptcy declaration against currency company Ciccone Calcográfica in return for an equity stake when he was economy minister in 2010, before becoming vice-president.
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