BARBADOS HAS BEEN condemned for joining in a vote at the Organisation of America States (OAS) that political activist David Comissiong says could ultimately see Venezuela expelled from the hemispheric body.
Comissiong expressed solidarity with the South American country during a press conference on Tuesday.
He called out the Freundel Stuart administration, Minister of Foreign Affairs Senator Maxine McClean and Barbados’ Ambassador to the OAS Selwyn Hart for supporting a resolution that Comissiong suggested would likely invoke the OAS Democratic Charter against Venezuela.
Venezuela has been in a state of upheaval for some time, prompting its Supreme Court to take over the functions of the National Assembly. The court subsequently reversed this position following criticism of the action, which the OAS deemed “a final blow to democracy”. (GC)
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