The elections of the organism are scheduled for March 20, 2020.
The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) supports the candidacy of Ecuadorian ex-chancellor María Fernanda Espinosa as General Secretary of the Organizations of American States (OAS).
“With great interest we take note of the proposal of Mrs. María Fernanda Espinosa, who has considered the situation of indigenous peoples as a priority and proposes concrete actions and also, this must become a permanent commitment as a policy of this body,” says a statement from the indigenous movement.
The also former president of the UN General Assembly will compete for the OAS General Secretariat with the current secretary, the Uruguayan Luis Almagro, and the Peruvian Hugo de Zela, who aspires to be the first woman to lead the Pan-American organization.
CONAIE looks “with absolute concern” at the period of Luis Almagro, current Secretary of the OAS. They consider that the inter-American agency acted as a “factor of greater instability”, in reference to the role played by the instance in denouncing electoral fraud in the presidential elections of Bolivia.
Espinosa does not have the support of the Government of President Lenín Moreno because, according to the President, they had already committed to Almagro’s candidacy. The former chancellor arrives with the support of Caribbean countries.
Source: CONAIE
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