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Judi Lynn

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Sat Mar 20, 2021, 12:50 AM Mar 2021

Arce and Puebla Group Criticize Almagro for Sticking his Nose into Bolivia Again


March 17, 2021

This Wednesday, March 17, the Puebla Group responded firmly to the recent interference in Bolivia’s affairs by the Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary General, Luis Almagro. On Monday Almagro challenged the Government of Luis Arce and called for the release of former dictator Jeanine Áñez, arrested last Saturday and accused of three crimes.

Formed by members of 14 countries, the Puebla Group (Grupo de Puebla) is a union of progressive leaders of Latin America founded by Argentine President Alberto Fernández, former presidents of Brazil Dilma Rousseff and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, former presidents José Mujica (Uruguay), Rafael Correa (Ecuador), Evo Morales (Bolivia), Fernando Lugo (Paraguay), and others, and composed of numerous high-profile politicians and legislators.

The Puebla Group said in a letter published on social media networks that “Almagro lacks the moral authority to question the arrests of the people responsible for the coup d’état of 2019.”

“As a Group, we do not recognize the moral authority of Secretary Luis Almagro, following the role played by the Observation Electoral Mission under his watch in the 2019 elections, after which the coup d’état against the government of Evo Morales took place, whose responsibilities are being judged at this moment by the Bolivian justice system,” said the letter.

“For this reason,” it added, “the Puebla Group reiterates that, as long as the OAS does not have an effectively impartial Secretary General, it will continue to be a body generating conflicts that impede regional integration—more needed today than ever.”

More:
https://orinocotribune.com/arce-and-puebla-group-criticize-almagro-for-sticking-his-nose-into-bolivia-again/?fbclid=IwAR2kMRA1bjce5RDM63JIrIlqfZNjxgjd9ofZk1G1-A8fhBVX487kv0IleuU
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