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Andean Group - May 2012 (ISSN 1741-4466)

ECUADOR: Correa guns for OAS body

Venezuela’s President Hugo Chávez wants to leave it; Uruguay’s President José Mujica wants to make it more balanced; and Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa wants it to undergo a root-and-branch reform. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) is a key regional body monitoring human rights and freedom of expression in the Americas. In recent years it has been the object of fierce criticism from “progressive” left-wing governments in Latin America, which argue that it performs the will of Washington and lacks genuine independence or any concept of the region’s needs and aspirations.

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