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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...
"For the first time they (the Central Americans) have found that by joining together they have a clout, that they can make an impact," Sol M. Linowitz, U.S. representative to the OAS, said. "They are holding fast to regional loyalty."
The U.S. government made it very plain whom it favored as the new secretary general of the OAS. Galo Plaza announced his candidacy for the post immediately as he emerged from Dean Rusks' office. They had had a long talk. Among Latin Americans, Plaza is considered very Americanized. He was...
Part of the reason this high-pressure campaign has stymied turns on Ritter himself. Ritter reminds one of a Tammany Hall boss, a wheeling, dealing politician who knows the workings of the OAS inside out. But many feel he doesn't have the stature needed to put life and drive...
The decision on a new chief for the Organization of American States will probably be made in an atmosphere of sweet compromise next January. But the bitter battles over Ritter have been a testing ground for the small member-states of the Western Hemisphere. They may have welded themselves into...