News of organisation of american states

Covid-19 cases on the rise in the Americas, warns PAHO

18-05-2022 16:34 Pan-American Health Organisation warns that Covid-19 cases are rising in the Americas, driven by increasing infections in the United States, which reported over 605,000 new cases last week.

Diplomacy

Nicaragua expels OAS and advances withdrawal plan, says foreign minister

25-04-2022 12:23 Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Denis Moncada announces his country's immediate split from the Organisation of American States, saying the "infamous organisation" would no longer have offices in Nicaragua.

FOREIGN POLICY

Argentina, US ask OAS to discuss Interpol red alerts with member states

19-01-2022 17:02 Request comes less than 24 hours after Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and less than a week after Iranian official and AMIA suspect Mohsen Rezai visited Nicaragua.

Biden's democracy summit

Before Biden, president denounces OAS support for Bolivia 'coup'

10-12-2021 15:58 Argentina’s president delivers a speech focused on Latin America to Joe Biden’s summit on democracy, during which he criticises 2019 "coup" in Bolivia "endorsed by a large part of the international community and the OAS."

DIPLOMACY

Argentina abstains from OAS vote criticising Nicaraguan government

21-10-2021 16:10 Alberto Fernández administration refuses to back Organisation of American States resolution calling for the release of political prisoners in Nicaragua.

Human rights

Regional human rights body slams Ecuador over prison deaths

23-08-2021 20:39 Inter-American Commission on Human Rights condemns violence in Ecuadorean prisons that has left 121 inmates dead this year.

REGIONAL DIPLOMACY

Mexican president proposes replacing OAS with new institution

25-07-2021 09:11 Andrés Manuel López Obrador proposes replacing the Washington-based Organization of American States with what he called a more independent institution.

Peru Elections

Peru's interim leader criticises ex-military vote interference

19-06-2021 22:12 Interim President Francisco Sagasti hit out on Friday against retired members of the armed forces who called for the military to prevent leftwing candidate Pedro Castillo from assuming the presidency.

HUMAN RIGHTS & NICARAGUA

Rights groups slam government for failing to back OAS vote on Nicaragua

18-06-2021 23:16 Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International strongly criticise Argentina’s government for abstaining in OAS vote condemning Nicaragua's jailing of opposition leaders.

EDITORIAL

Central America and the middle ground

18-06-2021 22:17 Deploring disrespect for the principle of non-intervention in domestic affairs and electoral processes is a bit rich when coming from President Alberto Fernández, who only five days previously had drawn a protest from Lima’s Foreign Ministry for prematurely congratulating Peruvian leftist candidate Pedro Castillo.

Human rights

Argentina abstains in vote condemning Nicaragua's jailing of opposition leaders

16-06-2021 00:41 Casa Rosada fails to endorse OAS resolution against Nicaragua demanding "immediate release of the presidential candidates and all political prisoners."

HUMAN RIGHTS

OAS chief Almagro under fire for removal of top rights official

01-09-2020 16:05 OAS secretary general and ombudswoman at centre of bitter feud with the leadership of the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (IACHR), the region’s top rights watchdog.