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Lleras’s views were supported by some countries, which wished to strengthen COAS to take action. But some states were unwilling to grant the OAS more authority. Mexico, for one, feared the United States would interfere with its national sovereignty through the OAS. Lleras’s frustration was so great that he finally resigned his post at a meeting in 1954 in Caracas, Venezuela. ”11 Cold War fears grew from the 1950s through the 1960s, as the United States remained focused on stopping Communism. The Latin Americans wanted sizable economic aid from the United States.
In addition, many Native American cultures used mind-altering drugs in religious ceremonies or in daily life. With a ready market in the United States, these conditions combine to make it difficult to control the illegal drug trade. Increasing concerns of terrorism have also required the diplomats’ consideration in recent years. With its yearly meetings, the General Assembly sets the policies to deal with major concerns, but it is the secretary-general’s office that undertakes much of the work of solving these problems.
The lawmakers had been kidnapped from a government building in the city of Cali by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). ”14 The OAS performs wide-ranging missions, both large and small, through its many institutions. As its charter changed, 40 41 42 the Organization of American States both its activities and structure altered. Today the major bodies include the General Assembly and the General Secretariat, with the support from the Permanent Council, Inter-American Council for Integral Development, and the Meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs.