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OAS refuses to suspend Venezuela
THE Organisation of American States (OAS) baulked at suspending Venezuela on Tuesday in support of its right-wing opposition.
It was the second time the Washington-based body had foiled Secretary General Luis Almagro’s schemes to invoke its Democratic Charter against Caracas.
A vote on the move — called by the US, Canada and a dozen right-wing regional governments — was abandoned in face of opposition from Venezuela’s allies.
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