International body votes to convene emergency meeting over Nicaragua

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Nicaragua’s move to extend Ortega’s rule and bar rivals from elections triggers rare rebuke from regional human rights body.
The Organization of American States (OAS), a regional human rights body, has voted to convene an urgent meeting of foreign ministers over Nicaragua, declaring that representative democracy “no longer exists” in the country.
On Wednesday, the OAS Permanent Council approved a resolution calling for the meeting by a lopsided vote of 29 to 1, with one abstention and two countries absent, according to a post on the social media platform X.

Nicaragua’s move to extend Ortega’s rule and bar rivals from elections triggers rare rebuke from regional human rights body.
The Organization of American States (OAS), a regional human rights body, has voted to convene an urgent meeting of foreign ministers over Nicaragua, declaring that representative democracy “no longer exists” in the country.
On Wednesday, the OAS Permanent Council approved a resolution calling for the meeting by a lopsided vote of 29 to 1, with one abstention and two countries absent, according to a post on the social media platform X.

Sources: Al Jazeera