OAS to hold meetings over Venezuela's dwindling democracy

[Freddie Stubbs]

Source: UPI

CARACAS, Venezuela, May 31 (UPI) -- Despite strong opposition by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, the Organization of American States on Tuesday announced it will hold meetings over fears of Venezuela's diminishing democracy.

Under the OAS' Inter-American Democratic Charter, the international organization's Permanent Council can meet to discuss situations in which democracy has been seriously impaired in a member state. The OAS will hold Permanent Council meetings on June 10 and June 20 over Venezuela, whose consent was not required.

The OAS' Permanent Council includes one ambassador from each of the 35 member states who meet in Washington, D.C. Maduro on Monday said the OAS should leave Venezuela, calling the organization "enemies of the state seeking to divide and demoralize" Venezuela.

The use of the Democratic Charter is unprecedented and could see Venezuela's suspension from the OAS depending on the meetings and Venezuela's response.

Read more: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2016/05/31/OAS-to-hold-meetings-over-Venezuelas-dwindling-democracy/7971464703612/

[scottie55]

1. Maduro Wants A Civil War - He Has All The Guns

Don't they get it?

[COLGATE4]

2. He's counting on the armed forces of Venezuela backing him.

If I were Maduro I wouldn't feel as confident.

[Odin2005]

3. Maduro is the classic incompetent leader who becomes increasingly paranoid...

...and starts lashing out against imaginary enemies. Yes, I know the CIA tried to pull some BS on Chavez, but blaming every problem on a CIA plot is delusional conspiracism.

[Marksman_91]

4. Unfortunately too many idiotic Chavista apologists in this site believe it's all a US-backed plot n/

[Odin2005]

5. They are the same loons who link to crap from RT, Counterpunch, and GlobalResearch.

[Marksman_91]

6. Add Zcomm, AxisOfLogic, and Telesur to that list n/t

[PufPuf23]

8. I would not include Counterpunch in your list or the list in post #6.

Counterpunch is in the tradition of independent muckraking journalism (of which we lack).

Counterpunch is a forum for viewpoints not likely to be present in general media.

I recommend a careful selection of authors to follow or reject at the site rather than the broad brush rejection.

One can find new information but not agree with the author's interpretation.

[geek tragedy]

9. There is virtually no diversity of opinion at counterpunch.

Every article is one of these tropes:

USA is evil
Obama is evil
Hillary is evil
The Democratic Party is evil
Israel is evil
Maduro is justified in doing whatever he's doing

[PufPuf23]

10. As evidenced by my other post in this thread, I obviously don't support Maduro.

I think you are wrong in the same way a reactionary is wrong and that is your personal problem and cross to bear.

[geek tragedy]

11. maybe you're right, but in my years at DU I've never seen an article posted from there

that didn't touch on the above themes.

[Odin2005]

13. Counterpunch is full of edgy "America is evil and always wrong" crap.

I used to read it a lot back when I was in high school and college in the wake of the Iraq invasion, but now as a 30yo that stuff makes me cringe.

[PufPuf23]

7. Maduro does not have the skills of Chavez to hold Venezuela together

One would hope that the OAS would have the wisdom to have a plan to aid Venezuela.

There should be an orderly plan to remove Maduro from leadership.

[geek tragedy]

12. if Maduro is to be deposed it has to be an internal Venezuelan affair.

it's their government, they need to fix it.