What a difference 2 months makes...

7/04/2009 Posted by boz

On May 9, 2009, responding to a condemnation by the Inter-American Human Rights Court, Venezuelan President Chavez said:
Venezuela could leave the OAS, convoke the pueblos of the continent and liberate ourselves from those old institutions....
On May 25, in the run up to the OAS meeting where Cuba's status would be debated, Chavez said:
We would feel proud to be out of the OAS and we wouldn't miss it at all.
On July 3, 2009, Honduran Interim President Micheletti quit the OAS, saying:
It is better to pay this high price [leaving the OAS] ... than live undignified and bow the our heads to the demands of foreign governments.
Clearly, Chavez has shown his influence by getting a fellow ALBA nation to quit the OAS just like he promised two months ago. This Micheletti guy must really be influenced by Chavez.

Wait, that's not what happened? :)

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