Editing Organization of American States (section)

=== Nicaragua ===
On 7 November 2021, Nicaragua held a [[2021 Nicaraguan general election|general election]] which saw President [[Daniel Ortega]] re-elected to a fourth term in office.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20211108-biden-says-nicaragua-s-presidential-election-was-neither-free-nor-fair|date=8 November 2021|title=Biden calls Nicaragua's election a 'pantomime' that's 'neither free nor fair'|access-date=20 November 2021|website=France 24|language=en}}</ref> In a vote by the OAS Permanent Council, 25 member states voted in favour of a resolution condemning the election. Seven countries, including Mexico, Honduras and Bolivia, abstained. The motion stated that the election was "not free, fair or transparent and lack[s] democratic legitimacy" and also instructed the Permanent Council to undertake an assessment of the situation and "take appropriate action".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/oas-members-condemn-nicaragua-elections-urge-action-2021-11-13/|title=OAS members condemn Nicaragua elections, urge action|date=13 November 2021|language=en|work=Reuters|access-date=20 November 2021}}</ref>

In response to this statement, Nicaraguan Foreign Minister {{ill|Denis Moncada|es}} announced on 19 November that Nicaragua would leave the OAS.<ref name="WaPo">{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/nicaragua-daniel-ortega-bad9d689f5bb528f571f86e8a6e65c4e|title=Nicaragua says it will leave Organization of American States|work=Associated Press News|date=19 November 2021|access-date=20 November 2021}}</ref> Moncada called the bloc "an instrument of interference and intervention" and accused it of "facilitating the hegemony of the United States with its interventionism over the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean."<ref>{{cite web|title=Nicaragua decides to leave OAS after election criticism|date=19 November 2021|url=https://www.dw.com/en/nicaragua-decides-to-leave-oas-after-election-criticism/a-59884427|access-date=21 November 2021|website=[[Deutsche Welle]]|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|user=KawsachunNews|author=Kawsachun News|number=1461715434143633422|title=Nicaragua's condemns the OAS as "an instrument of interference and intervention" adding that "it has as its mission to facilitate the hegemony of the United States with its interventionism against the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean."|access-date=20 November 2021}}</ref> According to Article 143 of the OAS Charter, the process to withdraw from the organization takes two years after its announcement.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Maldonado|first=Carlos Salinas|date=19 November 2021|title=Ortega anuncia la salida de la OEA tras el rechazo a las elecciones de Nicaragua|url=https://elpais.com/internacional/2021-11-19/ortega-anuncia-la-salida-de-la-oea-tras-el-rechazo-a-las-elecciones-de-nicaragua.html|access-date=21 November 2021|website=[[El País]]|language=es}}</ref>

In April 2022, Nicaragua announced that it had completed its withdrawal from the OAS. It said the OAS offices in Managua had been closed.  The OAS stated that, due to the terms of treaty, the withdrawal would not take effect until 2023.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nicaragua withdraws from regional bloc OAS after election row |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/nicaragua-withdraws-from-regional-bloc-oas-after-election-row/ar-AAWyVBI |access-date=25 April 2022 |work=MSN |date=25 April 2022}}</ref> Nicaragua eventually completed its withdrawal from the OAS on 19 November that year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.state.gov/accountability-for-daniel-ortega-and-rosario-murillo-following-oas-departure/ |title=Accountability for Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo Following OAS Departure |publisher=U.S. Department of State |date=19 November 2023 }}</ref>