Bolivian President demands resignation of OAS chief over role in last year's coup
BOLIVIA’S newly elected socialist President Luis Arce has joined growing calls for the resignation for “ethical and moral reasons” of Organisation of American States (OAS) chief Luis Almagro, who backed last year’s right-wing coup in the country.
“We do not agree that an important body should be in the hands of people wearing the shirt of a political party or of a political ideology in the region,” Mr Arce said.
The OAS general secretary was pivotal in authoring a report, since proven false, that detailed election irregularities in November 2019’s election poll, which was won by the incumbent, Mr Arce’s colleague Evo Morales.
Critics believe the Washington-based OAS and, in particular, Mr Almagro played a critical role in the ousting of Mr Morales and the installation of the far-right administration of Jeanine Anez.
“There should not be interference in the internal affairs of a country. If Almagro did that in Bolivia, imagine: he can do it with any other country — and we cannot allow that,” Mr Arce said.
Mr Morales said on Thursday that the OAS chief’s hands are “stained with the blood of Bolivians,” a reference to the massacre of hundreds of indigenous people that followed the coup.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/w/bolivian-president-demands-resignation-oas-chief-over-role-last-years-coup
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