Nestor Jimenez

The newspaper La Jornada
Friday, August 2, 2024, p. 25

The Organization of American States (OAS) In general, for years, and particularly with Cuba at the time, it has had a role more of interventionism than of coordination of countries. on the American continent, said the virtual president-elect, Claudia Sheinbaum.

Following the first positions expressed by the OAS, which denounced an alleged handling in the electoral results in the South American country, and called a meeting of its members to analyze the situation in that country, Sheinbaum Pardo recalled that the organization reproached that a call to Venezuela had not been approved.

In light of this, he stressed that he agrees with the position of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who this week condemned the interference of that continental organization.

I agree with the President: Why doesn’t the OAS speak out in other cases and in this case it did? Even its current Secretary General had a, let’s say, not very good moment with the (former) Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard. What was he supposed to be saying about particular issues?added the future president.

In a press conference, when asked about this issue, Sheinbaum Pardo reiterated that it is important that the election results be transparent, But the most important thing is the self-determination of the people of Venezuela, and now there is an opinion everywhere and it does not happen in other cases, and we should ask ourselves why..

Considering that the most important thing is to guarantee democracy, he called for it to be clear to all Venezuelans how the controversies about the elections will be resolved, and he trusted in the performance of the bodies in charge of qualifying the Venezuelan election, as he reiterated the importance of making the results transparent. for the benefit of all.