Diplomats from the Western Hemisphere began meeting in
Mexico on Monday, attempting to pressure Venezuela to restore democracy and
ease the political chaos and repression tearing apart the oil-rich country
whose citizens are on starvation diets. Venezuela’s descent into authoritarian
rule and violence is the main focus of a three-day meeting of the Organization
of American States, the leading defender of democracy and human rights in the
Western Hemisphere. But Venezuela is testing the OAS democratic founding
principles, after almost three months of anti-government protests that have
left more than 70 people dead and led to thousands being imprisoned. More…
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