The technical team of the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) is opening channels to receive information and documentation related to the elections of October 20 and post-election events. To coordinate the delivery of material please contact the following email: auditoriabolivia@oas.org...

The Ministers of Public Security of the Americas, in Quito, agreed that El Salvador will host the next Meeting of Ministers on Public Security in the OAS (MISPA VIII) in 2021, after the offer from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador, Alexandra Hill.

The Ministers of Security of the Americas gathered in Ecuador on October 30 and 31, 2019, adopted, at the Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Public Security of the Americas of the OAS (MISPA VII), the Quito Recommendations for Strengthening International Cooperation in Public Security in the Prevention and Fight against Crime...

The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) has begun the Electoral Integrity Analysis and Audit of the official results of the presidential elections held in Bolivia on October 20. The team comprises some 30 international specialists and auditors, including: electoral lawyers, statisticians, computer experts, document authentication specialists, and experts in chain of custody and electoral organization...

The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, joins the voices of repudiation and condemns the massacre committed yesterday in the Tacueyó reservation, in the southwest of Colombia, where 5 members of the Nasa community were killed, among them the authority Neehwe'sx Cristina Bautista, community members and members of the indigenous guard...

The Organization of American States (OAS) today formalized a contribution from the United States Government of $639,015 to the OAS Cybercrime Program, a training and technical assistance initiative carried out in accordance with the mandates of the Meetings of the Ministers of Justice or Other Ministers or Attorneys General of the Americas (REMJA)...

The new Permanent Representative of Panama to the Organization of American States (OAS), María del Carmen Roaquebert, today presented credentials to the Secretary General of the Organization, Luis Almagro.

The Electoral Observation Mission of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Bolivia emphatically condemns all the acts of violence that have taken place in the nine departments of the country, which have forced the interruption of the final departmental vote count in La Paz, Cochabamba, Chuquisaca, Potosí, Oruro y Beni...

The Electoral Observation Mission of the Organization of American States (OAS) for the presidential elections in Bolivia, led by the former Foreign Minister of Costa Rica, Manuel González, began its deployment for the October 20 vote...

The Organization of American States (OAS) will launch the Inter-American Network on Counterterrorism, a project aimed at strengthening cooperation between member states to prevent and address terrorist threats in the Western Hemisphere...

The new Permanent Representative of Nicaragua to the Organization of American States (OAS), Ruth Esperanza Tapia Roa, today presented to Secretary General Luis Almagro the credentials that accredit her before the hemispheric institution.

The deliberate policies of hunger, child malnutrition, blackouts and water scarcity of the Maduro regime have had a direct impact on the population of Venezuela, exacerbating the humanitarian crisis, the migratory crisis and the human rights crisis. This has also meant a direct attack on hemispheric peace and security...

The Organization of American States (OAS) and the International Cooperative Alliance today signed a cooperation agreement that will identify common projects of specific cooperation so that both institutions can support member states in their efforts to promote and facilitate the cooperative model, with the ultimate goal of promoting greater inclusion and development in the region.

Gathered at the Eighth Inter-American Meeting of Ministers of Culture, which took place in Barbados on September 19 and 20, the authorities of the member countries of the Organization of American States (OAS) approved today the Declaration of Bridgetown on “Strengthening of the creative economy and culture sector: Repositioning the culture sector to secure sustainable development.” The Declaration stresses the importance of harnessing the power of the creative economy and the culture sector to support jobs and growth...

The Organization of American States (OAS) and the Salvadoran government signed two agreements to establish the International Commission against Impunity in El Salvador (CICIES) in a ceremony at OAS headquarters in Washington, DC.

The Organization of American States (OAS) and the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC) today signed a cooperation agreement that aims to stimulate the role of civil society and regional organizations in the promotion of peace and the prevention of violent conflict.

The Commission of the Organization of American States (OAS) on Nicaragua, composed of representatives from Argentina, Canada, Jamaica, Paraguay and United States of America, expresses its discomfort at the Nicaraguan Government decision of not granting access to the country to its members and an OAS officer enforced by a communication from the migration agency issued today...

The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) has collaborated with the National Congress of Honduras on electoral reforms through a group of experts and welcomes the appointment of the authorities that will lead the National Electoral Council (CNE) and the Electoral Court of Justice (TJE)...

The Organization of American States (OAS) and Cisco today announced joint efforts to democratize and boost cybersecurity adoption across Latin America through the creation of the Cybersecurity Innovation Councils. This initiative will serve as multi-stakeholder spaces in which leaders and experts from the private sector, public sector, academia, NGOs and security technology vendors will collaborate to drive innovation, raise awareness, and expand best practices...

The Foreign Ministers of Belize, Wilfred Elrington; and Guatemala, Sandra Jovel, today spoke to the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) about the progress made in recent years to find a permanent and definitive solution to the territorial differendum involving both nations for several decades, especially the decision by both countries to submit the case to the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

During the meeting, the Secretary General of the OAS, Luis Almagro, congratulated both governments for having held referenda to submit the case to the International Court of Justice, in compliance with an agreement signed in 2008...