The leader of the Organization of American States urged member countries Thursday to support efforts in Venezuela to hold a referendum on removing President Nicolas Maduro from office.
At a special meeting of its Permanent Council on the political and economic crisis in oil-rich but beleaguered Venezuela, OAS secretary general Luis Almagro said the country is in the midst of a “grave disruption of constitutional order.”
But the four-hour meeting ended with no decision on measures against Venezuela.
Venezuela’s oil-dependent economy, saddled with the world’s highest inflation rate, is in a dramatic free fall because of the drop in crude prices, and Maduro’s government has jailed opposition leaders.
