Venezuela Needs a New Leader, Not New Constitution, Almagro Says
- Country’s slide into dictatorship has been a gradual process
- Head of OAS says President Maduro must listen to the people
Why Venezuela's Many Crises Keep Getting Worse
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Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has gone too far to bring the country back from the brink, said the secretary-general of the Organization of American States. The crisis-ridden nation needs elections and a peaceful transition of power -- not the new constitution that Maduro has promised, he said.
“Venezuela is drowning in an economic, financial, social and humanitarian crisis of gigantic proportions,” Luis Almagro said in an interview at the OAS headquarters in Washington on Friday. “There is a dictatorship in Venezuela, and Venezuela needs elections. The only institutional exit for the country is a general election.”