Tag: Luis Almagro

• Monday, July 26th 2021 - 09:17 UTC

  Mexico favors creation of new body to replace OAS

  

  Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has launched the idea to create a new body that would replace the current Washington-based Organization of American States (OAS).

• Saturday, June 5th 2021 - 08:21 UTC

  Mexico blasts OAS Secretary General Almagro, “one of the worst in history”

  

  Mexico's foreign minister on Friday criticized the work of the head of the Organization of American States, Uruguayan born Luis Almagro, adding to its earlier rebuke that the group should not intervene in Bolivia's internal affairs.

• Tuesday, May 18th 2021 - 08:55 UTC

  OAS says Hamas is a terrorist group

  

  The Organization of American States (OAS) Monday added the Palestinian Islamist organization Hamas -founded in 1987- to the list of terrorist groups, following its recent rocket attacks against Israel, it was announced in Washington DC.

• Saturday, May 8th 2021 - 08:41 UTC

  Almagro condemns vandalism and police brutality in Colombia

  

  Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary-General Luis Almagro Friday condemned “the cases of torture and murders committed by the forces of order” in Colombia where unrest reigns supreme since April 28.

• Saturday, March 27th 2021 - 10:01 UTC

  OAS Almagro backs Cuban activists on hunger strike

  

  Organization of American States Secretary-General of Luis Almagro Friday accused Cuba's government of applying “state terrorism to those who think differently” and held the current authorities of the Caribbean island accountable “for the health and well-being” of the 55 Cuban human rights activists on hunger strike.

• Friday, March 26th 2021 - 10:55 UTC

  Presidents of Bolivia and Mexico warn OAS to do its job and nothing more

  

  The presidents of Mexico and Bolivia signed a joint statement warning Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary-General Luis Almagro to stay away from their countries' domestic matters.

• Saturday, March 21st 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  OAS General Assembly re-elects Luis Almagro as Secretary General

  

  The 54th Special General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) on Friday re-elected Luis Almagro as Secretary-General and Nestor Mendez as Assistant Secretary-General of the Organization.

• Friday, February 14th 2020 - 08:02 UTC

  OAS Observation mission to monitor March elections in Guyana

  

  The Organization of American States (OAS) and Guyana have agreed to send an Electoral Observation Mission to the Caribbean country to observe the general and regional elections of March 2, 2020, during a ceremony held at the headquarters of the hemispheric institution in Washington, D.C.

• Wednesday, October 23rd 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Bolivian president agrees with OAS a full recount of Sunday's presidential votes

  

  Secretary-General of the Organization of American States (OAS) Luis Almagro has accepted the Bolivian government’s invitation to carry out an audit of the recent presidential election in the country, amid controversies over the results.

• Tuesday, September 17th 2019 - 09:38 UTC

  Vatican will have a Permanent Observer at OAS

  

  The Organization of American States, OAS, will have a new Permanent Observer, from the Vatican, Monsignor Mark Gerald Miles, who on Monday presented his credentials to Secretary-General Luis Almagro.