Incoming Argentine Foreign Minister contradicts Macri: "no reason to expel Venezuela from Mercosur."

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3. Right.

And Malcorra's the reason.

Macri had every intention of going forward with the expulsion showboat and of using the López imprisonment as a pretext, regardless of how properly Maduro handled his electoral setback or what Mercosur or Unasur want. He might still at some later date if he feels that his extremist base - or the U.S. State Department - need a little red meat thrown their way.

The fact remains though that Susana Malcorra and the Science Minister, Lino Barañao, are really the only two people that lend any prestige to his cabinet - and Malcorra, the woman Ban Ki-moon described as his "right hand," especially.

Macri can't afford to spurn her and have her walk away from the nomination (although Secretary General Ban probably wishes she would).