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Organization of American States Secretary-General Luis Almagro greets Venezuelan migrants in La Parada, Colombia, Friday, Sept. 14, 2018. Almagro traveled to the Colombia's border with Venezuela to monitor the situation of migrants who have been fleeing the socialist-run country amid hyperinflation and widespread shortages and widespread shortages. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

OAS chief threatens military force against Venezuela

By MANUEL RUEDA - Associated Press

Organization of American States Secretary-General Luis Almagro greets Venezuelan migrants in La Parada, Colombia, Friday, Sept. 14, 2018. Almagro traveled to the Colombia's border with Venezuela to monitor the situation of migrants who have been fleeing the socialist-run country amid hyperinflation and widespread shortages and widespread shortages. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

OAS boss slams ‘dictator’ Maduro in trip to Venezuela border

By MANUEL RUEDA - Associated Press

Venezuelan Omar Mujica, right, walks to Lima along the shoulder of the Pan-American Highway with other Venezuelan migrants after crossing the border from Ecuador into Peru, near Tumbes, Peru, Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018. Mujica, a car mechanic from Barquisimeto, said his car broke down before he started his trip, two weeks ago, and left it behind, unable to sell it. The U.N. estimates 2.3 million Venezuelans have fled since 2014 as the country with the world's largest proven oil reserves plummets into an economic crisis worse than the Great Depression. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Diplomats urge Venezuela to accept international aid

Associated Press

A rainbow crosses the sky over a statue of Simon Bolivar on the shore of Managua Lake at sunset in Managua, Nicaragua, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

OAS human rights body counts 317 dead in Nicaragua unrest

By LUIS ALONSO LUGO - Associated Press

In this Feb. 19, 2015, file photo, the sun sets behind an oil well in a field near El Tigre, Venezuela. Ministers from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and non-OPEC nations led by Russia meet in Vienna on Friday, June 22, 2018, and Saturday, June 23. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)

Venezuela sanctions complicated by oil price increase

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took aim at Venezuela's increasingly authoritarian government on Monday, calling on countries in the Western Hemisphere to step up pressure on President Nicolas Maduro at a meeting of the Organization of American States. (Associated Press)

Mike Pompeo calls on OAS to kick out Venezuela

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

An Oklahoma City activist, speaks on stage to immigration advocates from the American Civil Liberties Union, Union We Dream, MoveOn and others during the announcement of a new campaign targeted at President Trump's immigration policies, in front of the White House in Washington, Sunday, March 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Organization of American States ask to force end to Trump’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro flashes victory signs to supporters after a ceremony formalizing his candidacy as a candidate for the upcoming presidential election, at Diego Ibarra square in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018. Officials loyal to Maduro recently approved an early presidential election for April 22, drawing broad condemnation from the United States and several of Venezuela's Latin American neighbors who said the conditions for a fair election are lacking. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Organization of American States faces ‘irrelevancy’ during Venezuela, Brazil crises

By Federico Puglie — Special to The Washington Times

Illustration on the crisis in Venezuela by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Venezuela veers back toward dictatorship

By Mark L. Schneider

Luis Almagro, secretary-general of the Organization of American States, will travel to Cuba on Wednesday to receive a pro-democracy award. (Associated Press)

With activist stance, Luis Almagro shakes up OAS

By Frederic Puglie — Special to The Washington Times

Luis Almagro, General Secretary of the Organization of American States (OAS) listens during a session of the OAS, Thursday, June 23, 2016, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

General Luis Almagro, OAS chief, criticizes Venezuela, but little appetite seen for intervening

By Jessie Fox - The Washington Times

Venezuelan Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez scolded her fellow representatives in an angry, 30-minute address.

Venezuela scolds OAS outreach as interference

By Jessie Fox - The Washington Times

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a press conference at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, May 17, 2016. Maduro accused the United States of sabotage plans against Venezuela, saying they aim to create a scenario of violence to justify a foreign military intervention to remove him from power. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) ** FILE **

Amid OAS conference, John Kerry adds to calls for Nicolas Maduro to step down

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, shakes hands with supporters during a women's march for peace at Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, May 24, 2016. Maduro is facing a movement by the opposition to force a referendum to recall him from office. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) ** FILE **

Luis Almagro, OAS chief, seeks emergency meeting on Venezuelan repression

By Jessie Fox - The Washington Times

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro gestures to supporters during a women's march for peace at Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, May 24, 2016. Maduro is facing a movement by the opposition to force a referendum to recall him from office. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Bernardo Alvarez, top Venezuelan diplomat accuses media of exaggerating problems

By Jessie Fox - The Washington Times

Niermala Badrising, Permanent Representative of Suriname to the Organization of American States

Suriname and the OAS: economic diplomacy through multilateral engagement

By Katrina Lamb

** FILE ** This file photo taken July 28, 2010, shows a group of illegal immigrants waiting in line while being deported to Mexico at the Nogales Port of Entry in Nogales, Ariz. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Immigration advocates want human rights monitors to oversee U.S. deportations

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** Convicted terrorism plotter Jose Padilla (center) is escorted to a waiting police vehicle by federal marshals near downtown Miami on Jan. 5, 2006. (Associated Press)

ACLU seeks OAS probe of Padilla case

By Peter James Spielmann - Associated Press