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...trouble began when U.S. Ambassador Sol M. Linowitz openly announced that the U.S. supported Plaza, confident that Plaza had the votes wrapped up in the OAS Council. Seeing a good issue, Panama's Ambassador Eduardo Ritter Aislan immediately lashed out at Yanqui pressure, rallied support for his own candidacy and on the first ballot managed to prevent Plaza from getting the 15-vote majority that he needed for election. When the voting was still deadlocked after three more ballots, the Council declared an eleven-week "cooling-off" period. In the end, Ritter defeated himself by calling a special session...
There are three candidates for the post: Galo Plaza Lasso of Ecuador, supported by the big three, Marcos Falcon Briceno of Venezuela, and Eduardo Ritter Aislan of Panama. Ritter is the man causing all the trouble. There have been four ballots since November 17, and Ritter is ahead with 10 votes to Plaza's six and Falcon's five. It is a virtual deadlock--Ritter is two short of a majority--and the OAS has given up for the moment to let tempers cool. It will try again in January...
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