The delegation from Antigua and Barbuda asked the Organization of American States (OAS) to include “the situation in Nicaragua” on the agenda of the organization’s next General Assembly of Foreign Ministers, which will take place next October in Lima, Peru.
The request was presented to the Presidency of the Preparatory Commission for the meeting, and was supported by the delegations of Canada, Costa Rica, Chile and the United States.
#THE LAST Antigua and Barbuda, together with Canada, Costa Rica, Chile and the United States, request the inclusion of the issue of the situation in Nicaragua in the draft agenda of the 52nd OAS General Assembly to be held in Lima, Peru, in October 2022. pic.twitter.com/hBYIYKxRw2
– Arturo McFields Yescas (@ArturoMcfields) August 24, 2022
The request was made known on Twitter by Arturo McFields Yescas, former Nicaraguan ambassador to the OAS.
From mid-2018 to date, the OAS has approved 14 resolutions on the situation in Nicaragua. Voting has taken place in the two main instances of the regional body: the General Assembly of Foreign Ministers (four) and the Permanent Council (ten).
In the last General Assembly, held last November, 25 countries approved a resolution that declared that the votes on November 7 in Nicaragua “They were not free, fair or transparent and they do not have democratic legitimacy.” In these elections, Daniel Ortega was re-elected for the fourth consecutive time, without political competition and without democratic guarantees.
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