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=== Milestones ===
Significant milestones in the history of the OAS since the signing of the Charter have included the following:
*1959: [[Inter-American Commission on Human Rights]] created.
*1959: [[Inter-American Development Bank]] created.
*1960: First application of the [[Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance]] against the regime of [[Rafael Trujillo]] in the [[Dominican Republic]]
*1961: Charter of Punta del Este signed, launching the [[Alliance for Progress]].
*1962: OAS suspends [[Cuba]].
*1969: [[American Convention on Human Rights]] signed (in force since 1978).
*1970: [[General Assembly of the Organization of American States|OAS General Assembly]] established as the Organization's supreme decision-making body.
*1979: [[Inter-American Court of Human Rights]] created.
*1991: Adoption of Resolution 1080, which requires the Secretary General to convene the [[Permanent Council of the Organization of American States|Permanent Council]] within ten days of a [[coup d'état]] in any member country.
*1994: First [[Summit of the Americas]] ([[Miami]]), which resolved to establish a [[Free Trade Area of the Americas]] by 2005.
*2001: [[Inter-American Democratic Charter]] adopted.
*2009: OAS revokes 1962 suspension of [[Cuba]].
*2009: OAS suspends Honduras due to the [[2009 Honduran coup d'état|coup]] which ousted president [[Manuel Zelaya]].
*2011: OAS lifts the suspension of Honduras with the return of Manuel Zelaya from exile.
*2017: [[Venezuela]] announces it would begin the process to leave the OAS, accusing the organization of interference in [[Crisis in Bolivarian Venezuela|Venezuela's political crisis]].
*2019: During the [[Venezuelan presidential crisis]], the [[President of the National Assembly of Venezuela|President of the National Assembly]] [[Juan Guaidó]], recognized by the [[National Assembly (Venezuela)|National Assembly]] as the acting president, expressed his desire for Venezuela to remain a member of the OAS.<ref name="VZWD" /> the OAS voted to recognize [[Gustavo Tarre Briceño]] as Venezuela's delegate in April, the National Assembly's representative to the OAS.<ref name="VZSE" /><ref name="VZGD" /><ref name=":3" />
*2020: OAS concluded that the [[2019 Bolivian general election]] was fraudulent.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/07/world/americas/bolivia-election-evo-morales.html/|title=A Bitter Election. Accusations of Fraud. And Now Second Thoughts.|first=Anatoly |last=Kurmanaev|date=7 June 2020|work=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://theintercept.com/2020/06/08/the-nyt-admits-key-falsehoods-that-drove-last-years-coup-in-bolivia-falsehoods-peddled-by-the-u-s-its-media-and-the-nyt/|title=The New York Times Admits Key Falsehoods That Drove Last Year's Coup in Bolivia: Falsehoods Peddled by the U.S., Its Media, and the Times|first=Glenn |last=Greenwald|date=8 June 2020|work=The Intercept}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=David|last=Resnick|date=5 September 2020|title=The OAS Accusation of Electoral Fraud Against Evo Morales is Bullshit — And Now We Have the Data to Prove It|url=https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/09/oas-evo-morales-bolivia-coup-fraud-cepr|work=Jacobin}}</ref>
*2021: [[Nicaragua]] submitted a formal request to leave the OAS, following condemnation from the OAS General Assembly of Foreign Ministers of the outcome of the [[2021 Nicaraguan general election|2021 election]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dw.com/en/nicaragua-decides-to-leave-oas-after-election-criticism/a-59884427 |title=Nicaragua decides to leave OAS |publisher=DW |date=19 November 2021 }}</ref>
*2023: Nicaragua completed its withdrawal from the OAS.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.laprensani.com/2023/11/19/politica/3239520-a-partir-de-este-domingo-nicaragua-esta-oficialmente-fuera-de-la-oea |title=A partir de este domingo Nicaragua está oficialmente fuera de la OEA |publisher=La Prensa |language=es |date=19 November 2023 }}</ref>