The 35-state Organization of American States (OAS) was initially set up to help “t achieve an order of peace and justice, to promote their solidarity, to strengthen their collaboration, and to defend their sovereignty, their territorial integrity, and their independence,” has becoming nothing more than a socialist-leaning organization, that has now backed the recent oppressive play of the Maduro government in Venezuela.

OAS released a “joint statement” citing a vote calling for the continued “national dialogue” with socialist Venezuela, a move that has put off the U.S., Canada, Panama, and Senator Marco Rubio.

The statement was immediately proclaimed by Venezuelan representative Roy Chaderton as a “victory” not only for his country, but “for Latin America,” while the U.S., Panama and Canada expressed deep disagreement in separate footnotes to the document.-Fox Latino

Rubio, who has been front-and-center with the recent crackdown on protesters in Venezuela, has demanded immediate sanctions against Maduro’s government to be put in place, as well as calling for asylum for those Venezuelans being persecuted by Maduro’s tyrannical regime.
Rubio also puts the OAS vote squarely on President Obama’s lap, blaming him of neglecting the Latin American region of the world with his continued failed foreign policy of “leading from behind.”

Because OAS has a history of supporting socialist regimes like the current Maduro government, its’ supposed support for “human rights” is called into question.

In 2009, OAS revoked the 1962 suspension of Fidel Castro’s Cuba from the organization, and suspended Honduras after a coup that knocked socialist President Manual Zelaya out of office.

Zelaya was part of Alianza Bolivariana para los Pueblos de Nuestra América (ALBA), an intergovernment organization founded by the late Hugo Chavez of Venezuela and Cuba’s Fidel Castro, whose goals was to naturally expand “social welfare” and the rest of the socialist agenda throughout Latin America.

Here is Senator Marco Rubio’s statement on the OAS vote:

“First, I want to commend the governments of Canada and Panama for standing with the U.S. and the Inter-American Democratic Charter against this sham of an OAS resolution on Venezuela.

“This resolution essentially takes the side of Nicolás Maduro and his government, fails to account for the complicity and responsibility of this government in violent, state-sanctioned acts against peaceful demonstrators, and fails to call for genuine dialogue to effectively address the Venezuelan people’s legitimate demands. In short, it simply is not worth the paper it will be printed on.

“This places a dark stain on OAS Secretary General Insulza’s tenure and on the overall retreat from defending human rights and democracy that have marked the OAS’ recent years.

“President Obama and his administration also bear a significant share of the responsibility here. This is an indictment of the Obama Administration’s ‘leading from behind’ approach to Latin America that has neglected the region to the point of making the U.S. mere bystanders, as authoritarians destroy decades of hard fought democratic gains.

“This should also be a wake up call for people throughout Latin America and freedom fighters in the hemisphere to redouble our efforts to stand with the people of Venezuela. We must actively push back against creeping authoritarianism and stand strongly in defense of individual freedoms and democratically functioning institutions elsewhere in the hemisphere.

“Given the Obama Administration’s unwillingness to do any of this when it comes to Venezuela and throughout our hemisphere, it falls on Congress to lead. I look forward to our next opportunity on Tuesday when the Senate Foreign Relations Committee takes up a resolution on Venezuela. By having Congress lead, hopefully then, President Obama and the administration will follow.”-Senator Marco Rubio