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OAS Permanent Council Adopts Resolution on the Situation in Nicaragua

Remarks by Alexis F. Ludwig Deputy Permanent Representative of the United States May 21, 2019 Mr. Chairman, the OAS and the OAS Member States have been enormously patient with the Ortega regime hoping that it will meet its commitments under the Inter-American Democratic Charter and its promises to conduct effective dialogue. I remind you that ...

By U.S. Mission OAS | 21 May, 2019 | Topics: News, Speeches

OAS Permanent Council Condemns Violation of Parliamentary Immunity in Venezuela

On May 13, 2019, the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) approved a resolution rejecting “the violation of the parliamentary immunity of representatives of the National Assembly of Venezuela,” and condemning the arrest of the First Vice President of the National Assembly of Venezuela, Edgar Zambrano Ramírez. The document was approved by ...

By U.S. Mission OAS | 13 May, 2019 | Topics: News, Statements

Remarks by Vice President Pence at the Washington Conference on the Americas

May 7, 2019 U.S. Department of State Washington, D.C. 3:36 P.M. EDT THE VICE PRESIDENT: Great. Thank you all. Thank you very much. Thank you, Chairman Gluski. Thank you for that wonderful introduction. To President-Elect Bukele, to Vice President Ramirez, to all the leaders in public and in business life gathered here today: It is ...

By U.S. Mission OAS | 7 May, 2019 | Topics: News, Speeches, Vice President of the United States

OAS and U.S. Mission Host Discussion on Artistic Freedom in Cuba

On May 6, 2019, the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) and the U.S. Mission to the OAS held a discussion on artistic freedom in Cuba at OAS Headquarters in Washington, DC.. The discussion focused on how freedom of expression is severely restricted and criminalized in Cuba, and the new censorship law ...

By U.S. Mission OAS | 6 May, 2019 | Topics: News, Speeches

OAS Addresses the Destabilizing Role of Russia and Cuba in Venezuela

On May 2, 2019, the OAS Permanent Council held a special meeting to address the destabilizing incursion of external actors in Venezuela and the role of the governments of Russia and Cuba in subverting democracy and human rights in Venezuela and propping up the Maduro dictatorship against the will of the Venezuelan people. The meeting ...

By U.S. Mission OAS | 2 May, 2019 | Topics: Uncategorized

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