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Argentina-Venezuela showdown over 'political prisoners'
Argentina's conservative new President Mauricio Macri urged Venezuela Monday to free all "political prisoners," drawing a caustic reply from his socialist counterpart Nicolas Maduro's government, which told him to quit "meddling."
Speaking at a summit of South American leaders -- which Maduro snubbed -- Macri said: "I expressly call on all the presidents for the prompt release of all political prisoners in Venezuela."
That rankled Venezuelan Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez, who is representing her country at the summit of regional bloc Mercosur.
"You are meddling in Venezuela's affairs," she told Macri.
http://news.yahoo.com/argentina-venezuela-showdown-over-political-prisoners-192133211.html