OAS celebrates anniversary of adoption of Inter-American Democratic Charter
WASHINGTON - The Organization of American States (OAS) on Tuesday celebrated the 15th anniversary of the adoption of the Inter-American Democratic Charter (IADC) during a ceremony held in the Hall of the Americas More...
OAS head supports call to remove Venezuela president; Venezuela calls it a coup
WASHINGTON – General Secretary of the Organization of American States (OAS) Luis Almagro has called on the hemispheric body to support a recall referendum to remove Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro from More...
OAS and private sector to boost digital connectivity in the Americas
SANTO DOMINGO - The Organization of American States (OAS), several leading companies in the field of information and communications technologies (ICTs), the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean More...
OAS secretary general invokes Democratic Charter on Venezuela
WASHINGTON - In a letter dated May 31, 2016, to the chairman of the Organisation of American States (OAS) Permanent Council, Secretary General Luis Almagro requested the convening of an urgent session of the Permanent More...
OAS chief calls Venezuela president a petty dictator, traitor and liar
WASHINGTON - In an unusual display of diplomatic cojones, Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary General Luis Almagro referred to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro as a petty dictator, a traitor and More...
Antigua-Barbuda ambassador to lead OAS mission to Haiti
WASHINGTON, USA - Antigua and Barbuda’s ambassador to the Organisation of American States (OAS), Sir Ronald Sanders, will lead a mission to Haiti at the request of the Haitian ambassador to the OAS, Bocchit Edmond, More...
Open letter from OAS Secretary General regarding pre-electoral climate in Venezuela
Today, one week before the December 6 elections, I reiterate my call for peace and an end to the violence in Venezuela. The insults and impunity, whatever their source, cannot be an answer to the national and international More...
International institutions join forces to tackle leading causes of death in the Americas
WASHINGTON, USA -- The Organization of American States (OAS) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) will launch on Wednesday in Washington, DC, the Inter-American Task Force on Noncommunicable Diseases More...
Key outcomes of OAS General Assembly
WASHINGTON, USA -- The US Department of State on Tuesday issued a fact sheet outlining the key outcomes of the 44th Organization of American States (OAS) General Assembly held June 3-5, 2014, in Asunción, Paraguay. “The More...
Bahamas raises NSA spy scandal at OAS summit
ASUNCION, Paraguay -- Published reports that the US National Security Agency (NSA) is secretly intercepting, recording, and archiving the audio of virtually every cell phone conversation in The Bahamas were bought More...
