Organization of American States
International organization of states in the Americas
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| March 10 2025 | Election to be held to choose the successor of Luis Almagro as OAS secretary general, whose term ends in May 2025. |
| November 19 2023 | Nicaragua's withdrawal from the OAS was officially completed. |
| November 19 2022 | Nicaragua's withdrawal from the OAS was officially completed, as per the organization's treaty terms. |
| October 2022 | A bloc of leftist OAS member states attempted to remove Gustavo Tarre's representation. The motion received 19 votes in favor and 4 against, but fell short of the required 24 votes for a two-thirds majority. |
| April 2022 | Nicaragua reported completing its withdrawal process from the OAS, which was initiated in November 2021. |
| March 2022 | The Organization of American States (OAS) voted to suspend Russia's status as a permanent observer in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. |
| 2021 | Designated as a National Historic Landmark for its architecture and role in international diplomacy. |
| November 19 2021 | Nicaragua's Foreign Minister announced the country's intention to leave the Organization of American States, calling it 'an instrument of interference and intervention'. |
| November 7 2021 | Nicaragua held a general election where President Daniel Ortega was re-elected to a fourth term in office, which was subsequently condemned by the OAS Permanent Council as 'not free, fair or transparent'. |
| 2020 | OAS concluded that the 2019 Bolivian general election was fraudulent. |
| 2020 | OAS observed the subsequent Bolivian general election and stated there was no evidence of fraud. |
| 2019 | During the Venezuelan presidential crisis, Juan Guaidó sent a letter to the OAS Secretary General annulling the previous denunciation and expressing Venezuela's desire to remain an OAS member. |
| 2019 | OAS conducted an audit of the Bolivian general election, reporting significant electoral irregularities that contributed to the political crisis and subsequent resignation of President Evo Morales. |
| December 21 2019 | The European Union's Technical Mission of Electoral Experts published a 67-page report corroborating the OAS findings about electoral irregularities in the Bolivian election. |
| April 2019 | OAS voted to recognize Gustavo Tarre Briceño as Venezuela's delegate during the Venezuelan presidential crisis, with Juan Guaidó expressing desire for Venezuela to remain an OAS member. |
| 2018 | The OAS General Secretariat's budget was $85 million, with the United States contributing $50 million of that total. |
| 2017 | United States contributes $17 million to the OAS fund for specific programs, representing almost one-third of total contributions for that year. |
| April 28 2017 | Venezuela notified the OAS of its denunciation of the OAS Charter, initiating a two-year withdrawal process from the organization. |
| 2015 | Luis Almagro of Uruguay was inaugurated as OAS secretary general. |
| June 1 2011 | Honduras was reinstated as a member of the Organization of American States after diplomatic negotiations and agreements to restore democratic governance. |
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