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OAS Secretary General Expresses Concern over Acts of Violence in Venezuela

  April 16, 2013

The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, expressed his “deep concern over the deplorable acts of violence” that have taken place in recent hours in Venezuela. He said that “in a society that seeks peace, the use of violence must be emphatically rejected.”

The leader of the hemispheric organization expressed his respect for the decisions taken by the competent authorities and reiterated a “fervent call for dialogue, an essential mechanism to ensure the governability of any country, in a framework of harmony and with full respect for pluralism.”

For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.

Reference: E-141/13