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UN Renews Vote on Latin American
Seat Today
The UN General Assembly will try
to choose a Latin America and
Caribbean candidate for a
non-permanent seat on the
Security Council, after over 20
unsuccessful voting rounds.
The 192 UN state members have
been trying to choose since
Monday between Guatemala and
Venezuela which will be elected
for the post Argentina will
leave on December 31.
In opinion of Latin American
diplomats who requested to
remain anonymous, the US
"excessive support" of Guatemala
and inside and outside pressures
to impede Venezuela's election
seem to have stagnated this
process.
At the end of the 22 voting
rounds on Monday and Tuesday,
Guatemala was first with 102
favorable ballots, and Venezuela
77, but with no clear sign that
one of the two aspirants will
achieve the two thirds to win a
non-permanent seat.
So far, results of over 20
voting rounds confirm that
Washington has not yet achieved
keeping Venezuela out, while at
the same time it seems to have
serious difficulties to secure
Guatemala"s victory.
The 32 ambassadors of the Latin
American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC)
at the UN held closed door
consultations Wednesday over the
delay.
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