By Noelani Kirschner
Share America
The U.S. government wants a
Western Hemisphere free of authoritarian regimes and remains committed to
working with allies in the region to achieve this goal.
“Sleepwalking elements of the
international order must wake up,” said Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo at
the Organization of American States (OAS) on January 17. “Our citizens are
trusting us to defend them — and to defend their liberties.”
Pompeo congratulated countries in
Central and South America who work together to achieve representative democracy throughout the hemisphere.
“This is multilateralism, nations coming together in a way that
truly does work,” he said.
Throughout the past year, a
tangible wave of democracy has swept across Central and South America.
Bolivians, for example, demanded a free and fair election in their country —
after OAS electoral observers found proof of widespread fraud. The Bolivian
government is now working to establish a new date and conditions for a truly
democratic election.
“Only in Cuba and Nicaragua and
Venezuela do we face stains of tyranny on a great canvas of freedom in our
hemisphere,” Pompeo said.
It is the responsibility of the
leaders of the international community, such as the OAS, to continue to fight
for everyone’s democratic rights, Pompeo said.
“It’s up to each of us to protect
dignity and rights,” he said. “It’s up to us to conduct diplomacy as brothers —
and sisters — of the citizens that we each represent.”
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