The United States has allowed the effectiveness of these international organizations, particularly that of the Organization of American States (OAS), to atrophy – they need to be dusted off and put to use. As I mentioned in late March, Chavismo has made Venezuela into a real life “Hunger Games”. It also raises a national security concern for the United States and all of Venezuela's neighbors – the prospect of military weaponry being under the control of criminal gangs. And Venezuela, under Hugo Chavez, purchased a very large quantity of these missiles, 1,800 in 2009 alone. The OAS report on Venezuela published on March 14 outlines exhaustively how the Chavistas have used “dialogue” in this manner.

Source: Forbes April 26, 2017 09:56 UTC