Tag: Luis Almagro

• Saturday, September 18th 2021 - 09:24 UTC

  Latin America viewing Celac as a substitute for OAS during Summit starting in Mexico City

  

  The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) Summit will start Saturday in Mexico City as the body seeks to replace the Organization of American States (OAS) in regional matters.

• Wednesday, August 11th 2021 - 09:28 UTC

  Argentine Defense Minister wants Almagro to leave OAS

  

  Argentina's newly-appointed Defense Minister and former Senator Jorge Taiana had sent a message to US President Joseph Biden stating that Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary-General Luis “Almagro must resign.”

• Thursday, July 29th 2021 - 09:13 UTC

  Gov't officials to run in primary elections need to resign in order to focus on their campaigns, Argentine President warns

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Wednesday warned that government officials who wished to run in the upcoming mandatory primary elections should resign their offices in order to focus on their campaigns.

• 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.