The Organization of American States (OAS) designated a delegation of its members with the objective of “analyzing the situation in Peru”, at the request of the Government of Pedro Castillo to activate the Inter-American Democratic Charter.
In the following note, learn everything you need to know about this visit by the international organization.
Why is the OAS coming?
The objective of this commission, made up of foreign ministers from different states, will be to analyze the situation in Peru, following up on the resolution to “support the preservation of democratic institutions and representative democracy in Peru.”
The visit comes after the request of the Government of Pedro Castillo to activate the Inter-American Democratic Charter and thus, according to its articles 17 and 18, the OAS sends a group to the country to supervise the state of the institutions and report to the Permanent Council so that later decisions can be made based on their needs.
Who are the members of the OAS delegation?
The high-level group is made up of eight OAS representatives and was announced by the head of the Permanent Council, Marten Schalkwijlk.
These will be the members of the OAS high-level group:
- Santiago Cafiero, Foreign Minister of Argentina
- Eamon Courtenay, Foreign Minister of Belize
- Juan Carlos Holguin, Foreign Minister of Ecuador
- Mario Adolfo Búcaro, Foreign Minister of Guatemala
- Julio Cesar Arriola, Foreign Minister of Paraguay
- Laura Gil, Vice Minister of Multilateral Affairs in Colombia
- Christian Guillermet, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Costa Rica
- Eladio Loizaga, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Paraguay and representative of the OAS General Secretariat
Dates and agenda
As reported by the OAS in its official media, “the dates of the trip and the agenda of the high-level group on its visit to Peru will be defined soon.”
In a letter sent to Congress on Wednesday, the OAS said it expected the visit to take place “as soon as next week.”
On this issue, the Peruvian ambassador to the OAS, Harold Forsyth, told Canal N that the visit could take “at least ten days” so that the agendas of its members can coincide.
In its letter to Congress, the OAS indicated that the group “will meet with a variety of people and institutions in order to present a balanced opinion.”
