Latin Americanist Luis Almagro of Uruguay Chosen as New OAS Chief
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Abstract
The Organization of American States (OAS) has picked a pivotal moment in Latin American and Caribbean affairs to "clean up" its image.On March 18, the international organization, whose task, since its founding in 1948, has been to "manage" regional crises, took advantage of the end of Chilean Jos Miguel Insulza's term as secretary general to designate a progressive, former Uruguayan foreign minister Luis Almagro, as his replacement.The post is an especially important one given that the OAS groups together all 34 countries in the Americas, from the southern tip of South America to Canada in the extreme north.Almagro will assume his OAS leadership functions on May 26.The move comes at a time when Venezuela considers itself under threat from the US (NotiSur, March 27, 2015) and when the northern superpower, after maintaining a stiff diplomatic and above all economic embargo against Cuba for more than a half century, has finally admitted that its policy failed and that it must begin normalizing bilateral relations with the island nation (NotiCen, Jan. 29, 2015).The decision also came just three weeks before the Seventh Summit of the Americas, an OASsponsored event that will be held in Panama City, Panama, April 10-11 and, for the first time since the periodic gatherings began in 1994, will involve Cuba.The OAS expelled Cuba from its ranks in 1962, keeping it at arm's length until 2009 (NotiCen, June 4, 2009).
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