Visit. The High Level Group, commissioned by the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS), arrives in our country this Sunday, November 20 with the purpose of “information about the situation in our country”.
OAS Mission arrives in Peru to see political situation
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It was confirmed that the OAS mission will remain in the national territory until Wednesday, November 23. The members will meet with various actors, such as the president Pedro Castillothe president of the Judiciary, Elvia Barriosand the head of the Board of Directors of Congress, Joseph Williams.
In that sense, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed that the OAS group will hold working meetings “with various institutions and actors of national affairs” on Monday 21 and Tuesday 22 November in the city of Lima. “At the request of the OASthe Chancellery took care of transmit the request for meetings with the heads of the three powers of the Statebeing the management of the agenda an exclusive competence of the organization”, reads a tweet from the institution.
On the other hand, it was learned that the OAS He also plans meetings with the National Prosecutor, Patricia Benavides, who is investigating Pedro Castillo for alleged acts of corruption; the ombudsman, Eliana Revollar; and the congressman Edward Malagapromoter of a third vacancy attempt against the head of stateamong other opposition politicians critical of the Government.
The Republic he consulted the OAS press office if the agenda was already closed that the mission would fulfill in Peruvian territory. Nevertheless, the response was that they were still working on it to “accommodate as many voices as possible.”
The OAS High Level Group will have meetings on November 21 and 22 in Lima, the Foreign Ministry confirmed. Photo: composition LR
This visit will take place in the midst of a conflict between the Government and the Congress behind the request for a question of confidence raised by the head of the Council of Ministers, Aníbal Torres, last Thursday in plenary session of Parliament. In addition, the approval of the Report of the constitutional complaint of the Prosecutor’s Office against Pedro Castillo on the Subcommittee on Accusations.
Who makes up the OAS High Level Group?
The mission of the OAS is integrated by the foreign ministers of Argentina, Santiago Cafiero; of belize, Eamon Courtenay; of Ecuador, Juan Carlos Holguin; of Guatemala, Mario Adolfo Bucaro; and of ParaguayanJulio Cesar Arriola.
The Vice Minister of Multilateral Affairs of Colombia, Laura Gil; the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Costa RicaChristian Guillermet, and the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Paraguayan Eladio Loizaga, who will officiate as representative of the OAS General Secretariat.




