Bolivia to Support Mexican Candidate Written on December 21, 2004, by Eddie.
The spokesperson for President Carlos Mesa announced that Bolivia will support Mexico’s Luis Ernesto Derbez to head up the OAS.
Last week Chile officially solicited Bolivia’s support for its own candidate. However, Jose Galindo, Mesa’s spokesperson said, “for obvious historical reasons” that they cannot support the Chilean candidate.
The Bolivia-Chile sea issue has taken a backseat to the recent municipal elections and the pending Hydrocarbons Law. Neither side will budge on this issue, but in order for some progress to be made, one side will have to show a sign of good faith. It’s not known what was Chilean candidate Jose Miguel Insulza’s position was on the sea issue, but it appears that Bolivia did not want to take the risk of never having the issue be addressed at the OAS with a Chilean at the top post.
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