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Marksman_91

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4. I'd say the "outliers" are more than those 3
Sun Mar 23, 2014, 11:42 PM
Mar 2014

Recently Maria Corina Machado was given a spot by Panama to speak up about the situation in Venezuela in the OAS space in DC, but of course, some of these countries' representatives there wanted to keep these declarations private, hidden from public eye, so the representatives resorted to a vote to see if the session would be public or private. The ones who voted for it to be public were the 3 you mentioned plus the following:
-Chile
-Colombia
-Costa Rica
-Guatemala
-Honduras
-Mexico
-Paraguay
-Peru

with an abstention from Barbados

All the rest of the OAS countries voted to keep it private. I honestly don't see the need to keep the session private, were they afraid about what MCM might say? If such an important leader of the "right-wing neofascists" supposedly has such low credibility, what's the problem with allowing her declarations regarding the Venezuelan situation to be seen and heard live by the public? Then again we have to remember most of the countries who voted in favor of the private session all have received a pretty nice petro-paycheck from the Venezuelan government, so it's really no surprise. I really wonder if they'll change their mind once the Venezuelan petro-teat runs out of cash to keep giving to 'em.

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