The OAS Permanent Council analyzes the situation of Venezuela at a special meeting

The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) convened a meeting extraordinary session for this Friday badyze the situation in Venezuela.

The meeting was called at the request of Argentina, Brazil, Canada, the United States, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Paraguay and Peru, announced the Presidency of the Council, currently chaired by the representative of El Salvador, Carlos Calles Castillo.

The meeting, which will take place at 2:30 pm at the OAS headquarters in Washington, has the agenda "follow up"to the resolution adopted last January 10 by which the regional body he did not know the authority of Venezuelan President Nicolás Madurothat day was sworn in until 2025.

Among the 34 active members of the OAS, 19 voted in favor of the text, six against, eight abstained and one was absent.

Argentina, the United States, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Canada and Brazil were among the countries that voted for.

Venezuela, Nicaragua, Bolivia and some Caribbean countries voted against, while Mexico was among those abstaining.

The adopted text encourages member states to take all measures "contribute to the rapid restoration of the democratic order in Venezuela"and calls for the realization of new elections" with all the necessary guarantees for a free, fair, transparent and legitimate process, at a close date with the presence of international observers. "

In addition, urges the "Venezuelan diet that allows immediate entry of humanitarian aid"in Venezuela, which has experienced in recent years an economic meltdown marked by hyperinflation and a shortage of staples, which the opposition attributes to the Maduro government and which it approves as a right-wing plot and United States.

Although the OAS ignored Maduro, reelected last May in elections considered as "fraud" by the opposition and part of the international community, He has not talked about Juan Guaidó yet, currently recognized as interim president by half a hundred countries.

Guaidó, president of the Parliament elected in 2015, declared himself self-proclaimed on January 23 by pledging to hold new elections, after the lawmaker declared Maduro "usurper".

Only 16 OAS member states supported a statement in favor of Guaidó during his power struggle with Maduro on 24 January.

The declaration was signed by the delegations of Argentina, Bahamas, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Guatemala, Haiti, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and the United States.