Q COSTARICA — The Organization of American States (OAS)—Organización de Estados Americanos (OEA) in Spanish—announced an extraordinary Permanent Council meeting on Venezuela this Tuesday at 10:00 AM, following the US military incursion that resulted in the capture and departure of Nicolás Maduro.
The meeting was convened by the current presidency of the OAS’s highest body, currently held by Colombia, according to the agenda consulted by AFP on Sunday.
The military incursion, which included bombings in Caracas and its surrounding areas, took place early Saturday morning and ended with the exile of Maduro and his wife, both of whom are now in a New York jail awaiting trial.
The military operation provoked unrest in Latin America and the Caribbean, and protests from leftist countries such as Colombia, Brazil, and Mexico.
U.S. President Donald Trump declared after the military operation that his country would “govern” Venezuela from afar.
The Chavista government reacted by appointing then-Vice President Delcy Rodríguez as interim president.
Separately, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay, and Spain (an observer country at the OAS) rejected “any attempt to control” Venezuela in a public letter released by Bogotá on Sunday.
Venezuela withdrew from the OAS in April 2017, but the opposition-controlled National Assembly subsequently rejected Maduro’s decision.
Although the Washington-based organization continues to consider the country a member, Venezuela has ceased participating in OAS affairs.
The organization’s Permanent Council, in turn, did not recognize the 2024 presidential elections won by Maduro, a result also contested by the United States and the European Union.
OAS Secretary General Albert Ramdin called on Saturday for a “peaceful solution” to the Venezuelan crisis.