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Oas Last Metting

Organization of American States
The Organization of American States (OAS) brings together the countries of Western Hemisphere to strengthen cooperation and to advance common interests. It is the region's premier forum for multilateral dialogue and concerted action. The OAS helps in many different ways to make a change around the world. Actually the OAS is having a meeting in Ft. Lauderdale(Florida) and some of their actions are showing their interest to defend democracy and human rights around Latin America as for example in Venezuela. Furthermore, the OAS demonstrates interest in Strengthening Security, and combating illegal drugs in Colombia (South America); and one of the most important things the OAS is concentrating in is the Fostering Free Trade between countries' members association. This OAS meeting in Ft. Lauderdale is making history, focusing in the most critical problems that countries from Latin American are trying to combat.
The OAS plays a key role in strengthening democratic and human rights institutions and practices in the countries of the Americas. As for example in Venezuela during the meeting, the OAS shows their interest in the political tension that Venezuela is passing through after the last president elections. In Venezuela the opposition reclaims that past election was not totally legal, these accusations to Venezuelan's government make the OAS to worry about the status of democracy and human right protection to Venezuelan society. According to a news article on the Miami Herald another fact which makes the OAS to worry about Venezuela's situation is the actual President Chavez's hostility against the United States type of democracy. The OAS discuses all these conflicts during the recent meeting and finally Venezuela accepts the role in the OAS for non-governmental groups that evaluates countries where democracy is allegedly at risk, such as Venezuela.
The OAS is working on different limit borders to make Latin...

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