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Judi Lynn

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Thu Jun 16, 2016, 06:55 AM Jun 2016

OAS Backs Venezuela, Approves Review of Almagro

OAS Backs Venezuela, Approves Review of Almagro

By Staff Writers, teleSUR
Thursday, Jun 16, 2016

The Organization of American States wrapped up a three-day session focused on discussing the situation in Venezuela on Wednesday with a decision in favor of taking further action to assess whether OAS chief Luis Almagro’s move to invoke the Democratic Charter against the South American nation was legitimate. The OAS will meet next week to continue discussing the situation in Venezuela, as member states overwhelmingly support dialogue, not intervention.

The meeting in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, came after tensions flared between the Washington-based OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro and Venezuela over a decision to invoke the mechanism that could have resulted in the country being suspended from the regional bloc over an alleged political crisis.

Venezuelan Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez requested an evaluation of Almagro’s action on Wednesday, a proposal that was approved by the assembly for further discussion in an OAS Permanent Council meeting in Washington next Tuesday.

Rodriguez slammed Almagro for questioning Venezuelan democracy and accused him of being “mandated by Washington” to support a coup in the South American country, where political tensions have flared in recent weeks amid opposition calls to speed up the process toward a recall referendum against President Nicolas Maduro. She called the OAS head’s conduct “illegal and fraudulent.”

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http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_74334.shtml

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