OAS chief offers to resign if Venezuela holds free vote


  • World
  • Sunday, 25 Jun 2017

Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary General Luis Almagro attends a news conference ahead of the OAS 47th General Assembly in Cancun, Mexico June 19, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso

CARACAS (Reuters) - Organization of American States President Luis Almagro offered on Saturday to resign if Venezuela holds free elections and enacts reforms to protect democracy in the troubled South American nation.

"I will resign from the Organization of American States the day that free, fair and transparent national elections are held without impediments," Almagro said in a video message posted on Twitter. "I offer my position in exchange for freedom in Venezuela."

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