ALMAGRO’S VIOLATIONS TO THE INTERAMERICAN SYSTEM IN BOLIVIA’S CASE

With his backing to Evo Morales’ fourth consecutive candidacy, The General Secretary of the Organization of American States (OAS), annihilated his credibility, places the Organization in a crisis, and affects the region’s security. The General Secretary violates the Interamerican Democratic Charter and the Interamerican System in Bolivia’s case. The General Secretary stating:  “My position remains the same, the reelection is not a human right, but I don’t have any institutional means to oppose a judgement, a ruling from the Bolivian Supreme Court, moreover  because the Interamerican System never said anything regarding this”. The Secretary has never mentioned Article 32.2 of the American Convention on Human Rights that mandates “The rights of every individual are limited by the rights of the others, by the security of all, and by the just demands of the common good in a democratic society”.