OAS head calls for vote on Venezuela's 'grave alterations' to democracy

The head of the Organization of American States has called for an emergency meeting of regional governments to evaluate Venezuela’s respect for democracy, a move that could lead to the country’s suspension from the hemispheric body. Luis Almagro said Venezuela had suffered “grave alterations of democratic order” and called for a vote on the matter in the coming weeks. The socialist country could be suspended from the organization if two-thirds of its 34 member states vote that the country’s leadership has gravely undermined democracy there. More…