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OAS chief says moving ahead with activating democratic charter against Venezuela

Xinhua, July 26, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Organization of American States (OAS) is moving ahead with activating its Inter-American Democratic Charter (IDC) against Venezuela, according to the body's Secretary-General Luis Almagro on Monday.

In an interview with Brazil's Globovision TV station broadcast Monday, Almagro said "we are in the third phase of the activation of the IDC. The first was the realizaton of a change to the democratic order, the second was the calling of a General Assembly, and we are now at the evaluation phase."

He denied that the IDC had been "shelved" after the OAS' Permanent Council did not take a decision on the matter, during a summit on June 23.

At the same time, the Venezuelan government of President Nicolas Maduro jubilantly said the matter was closed but Almagro retorted this was not certain.

However, he denied that the OAS was seeking to interfere politically in the Caribbean country but said the country is suffering a "crisis" that requires "humanitarian aid."

Almagro also blasted Maduro's government for constantly hyping up foreign interventions, saying "this is an argument that has no logical foundation and does not provide solutions to the people. The government only responds with ideas of disqualification."

"The only valid option is to provide solutions...that is the only way," he concluded. Enditem