June 7 was a bad day for Luis Almagro, secretary-general of the Organization of American States (OAS). During the ninth Summit of the Americas, a young man declared to him what he is: an assassin and puppet of the White House, instigator of the coup in Bolivia. He said that Almagro cannot come to give lessons on democracy when his hands are stained with blood. In another room at the summit in Los Angeles, Secretary of State Antony Blinken seemed to be doing no better: several journalists rebuked him for using freedom of the press to provide cover for the murderers of journalists and for sanctioning and excluding certain countries from this meeting. “Democracy or hypocrisy?” could be heardover the loudspeaker that day. More
The post Storms at the Summit of the Americas appeared first on CounterPunch.org.
This content originally appeared on CounterPunch.org and was authored by Rosa Elizalde.
Rosa Elizalde | Radio Free (2022-06-10T08:59:48+00:00) Storms at the Summit of the Americas. Retrieved from https://www.radiofree.org/2022/06/10/storms-at-the-summit-of-the-americas/
Please log in to upload a file.
There are no updates yet.
Click the Upload button above to add an update.