For Venezuela’s Sake, Dismantle the Organization of American States

For a moment, all eyes were on the Organization of American States. The horrors in Venezuela had galvanized the world’s oldest regional body, and hemispheric heavyweights sought solutions in its marble halls. Prodded by a crusading secretary general, U.S. and Latin American diplomats urgently debated ways to rescue Venezuela’s crumbling democracy. Today, it is the OAS that needs rescue. The organization failed to address the crisis in Venezuela—in the process, becoming worse than irrelevant. It is a zombie forum that...More…