The OAS: An Unburied Corpse?
By: Luis Gonzales Posada - 04/07/2025
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Christopher Landau, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, stated at the 55th OAS General Assembly in Antigua and Barbuda that Washington is considering leaving the hemispheric organization due to "its inability to address substantive issues such as the crises in Venezuela and Haiti."
The U.S. diplomat's remarks have political and moral grounds, considering that the OAS has not convened a single meeting to examine the plight of the Llanero people, victims of a brutal and corrupt dictatorship that murders, imprisons, kidnaps, and tortures thousands of people with impunity and has forced more than eight million people into exile.
Furthermore, Chavismo overwhelmingly lost the 2024 presidential election but will remain in power for six more years, until 2030, supported by the Armed Forces, the "Chavista collectives" made up of armed groups of mercenaries, and the feared Bolivarian Intelligence Service.
Following the presidential election, many voices demanded that the OAS hold an extraordinary meeting to examine this grotesque mega-fraud and hear from opposition leaders, including the winner of the election, Ambassador Edmundo González, who obtained 70% of the vote and is surviving in self-imposed exile in Spain, and the Social Democratic leader María Corina Machado, who is in hiding to avoid arrest.
We wonder why the OAS maintains a shameful and complicit silence in the face of this extremely serious situation, while it consumes an annual budget of more than $100 million and has offices in every country in the region, with hundreds of employees?
Why, moreover, does the regional organization ignore the dramatic situation in Haiti, one of the poorest countries in the world, ravaged by natural disasters and criminal gangs that control 60% of the territory and are responsible for some 20,000 murders, including the President of the Republic, Jovenel Moïse, who was killed in 2021 at his home by a gang of Colombian hitmen?
Why doesn't the OAS address the barbaric acts of the Nicaraguan satrapy, formed by the Mephistophelean couple of co-presidents Daniel Ortega and Celia Murillo, who imprison priests, confiscate monasteries and media outlets, and have forced 700,000 people into exile?
Why doesn't the OAS say a word about the fact that Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Bolivia have signed military alliances with extracontinental powers like Iran, Russia, and China, while openly supporting the terrorist groups Hezbollah and Hamas?
Furthermore, the OAS remains silent in the face of Russia's announcement that it will install a factory in Venezuela to produce 70 million rounds of ammunition annually for Kalashnikov rifles.
In conclusion, if the OAS does not respond to the US ukase, which finances nearly 60% of the budget through regular quotas and extraordinary contributions, in addition to making its historic headquarters located on Avenida Constitución, very close to the White House, available, the institution could come to an end.
To achieve this, it would be enough for the Trump administration to cut or suspend its contributions; otherwise, the OAS would go bankrupt.
The only solution to avoid closing its doors is for them to change course; that is, to comply with safeguarding democracy, freedom, and human rights in the nations that are part of the regional system.
This is no longer the time for dark political shenanigans or diplomatic backstabbing.
It is certainly preferable to bury what is now an unburied corpse than to keep it embalmed.
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