Permanent Council Approves Resolution to Not Recognize the Legitimacy of the Maduro Regime

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On January 10, 2019, the OAS Permanent Council approved a resolution to not recognize the Nicolas Maduro dictatorship, and reaffirming the right of the peoples of the Americas to democracy as articulated in the Inter-American Democratic Charter. The measure was adopted with 19 votes in favor, 6 against, 8 abstentions and one absent. Ambassador Carlos Trujillo addressed the Council.

Permanent Council Approves Resolution to Not Recognize the Legitimacy of the Maduro Regime

Ambassador Trujillo (January 10, 2019): "Today’s sham Presidential inauguration, achieved through a fraudulent election, is another decisive step away from democracy and toward dictatorship by a regime that has repeatedly and wantonly undermined democratic institutions and violated human rights."

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