“Venezuela stands out in the region as the only former democracy to have spiralled down into an unrestrained authoritarianism. This is a reality that we must be willing to acknowledge, not in hushed voices or behind closed doors, but out loud, on the record, in public.” This emphatic statement was made by the secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, in an extensive (73-page) update on the internal situation in Venezuela to the OAS Permanent Council. Almagro calls for the suspension of Venezuela from the OAS for breach of the Inter American Democratic Charter (IADC, 2001) and recommends full general elections, without delay. “There has been a complete break in the democratic order and the only democratic solution is to place the power back into the hands of the people to decide their fate,” he insists. End of preview - This article contains approximately 955 words.
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