The United States on Thursday sharply criticized the Organization of American States (OAS) for its perceived lack of action in response to the political and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela and it also cited the threat to Guyana’s territorial integrity.
Addressing the OAS General Assembly in Antigua and Barbuda on Thursday, US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau stated that the organization had done “nothing of substance” in the face of a “brazenly stolen election” in Venezuela and subsequent “sham” elections in the South American nation.
“As recently as last month, the Venezuelan regime ran another sham legislative and regional election that lacked transparency and fairness and included a controversial vote purporting to elect Venezuelan representatives to govern Guyana’s Essequibo state. If this organization is unwilling or unable to respond to or remedy the situation where a regime openly thumbs its nose at international norms and threatens the territorial integrity of its neighbour, then we must ask what’s the point of the organization.”
