Secretary General – Summaries of news and views OnVenezuela https://onvenezuela.com Fri, 20 Mar 2020 16:47:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://onvenezuela.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-Screen-Shot-2019-12-20-at-12.31.03-PM-1-32x32.png Secretary General – Summaries of news and views OnVenezuela https://onvenezuela.com 32 32 Breaking News-> OAS: Almagro re-elected https://onvenezuela.com/oas-almagro-re-elected/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=oas-almagro-re-elected Fri, 20 Mar 2020 16:31:17 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=2152

Luis Almagro has been re-elected as Secretary General of the Organization of American States by a majority of 23 votes, compared to the 10 achieved by his competitor, María Fernanda Espinosa. By OnVenezuela

]]> Freedom is up for a vote in the Western Hemisphere https://onvenezuela.com/freedom-is-up-for-a-vote-in-the-western-hemisphere/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=freedom-is-up-for-a-vote-in-the-western-hemisphere Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:17:53 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=2118

On March 20, the Organization of American States (OAS) will hold an election for its next secretary general. The incumbent, Uruguayan Luis Almagro, has rejuvenated the once-fading institution and is among the boldest pro-democracy voices in the Americas. Unsurprisingly, Venezuela is quietly mobilizing its regional allies to defeat him. Surprisingly, democratic nations from Canada to Mexico to Argentina may help Venezuela succeed. By Marion Smith. Full text -> The Hill

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Venezuela is at the core of the coming fight to lead the Organization of American States. By Cecilia Tornagh. Full text -> Americas Quarterly

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