<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Organization of American States: News &amp; Videos about Organization of American States - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Organization_of_American_States</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Organization of American States from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:12:50 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Organization of American States: News &amp; Videos about Organization of American States - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Organization_of_American_States</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Organization of American States from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Deal struck to end Honduran leadership standoff</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/10/29/honduras.talks/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/10/29/honduras.talks/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Negotiators for deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and de facto President Roberto Micheletti have reached an agreement to form a government of national reconciliation that could reinstate Zelaya.</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>End to Honduras crisis? 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But repeal of the law would not be immediate, pending a legal review, he said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:28:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Honduras' leaders push back after Brazilian Embassy snub</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/09/27/honduras.president/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/09/27/honduras.president/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Brazil on Sunday rejected an ultimatum from Honduras' de facto government to decide the status of ousted President Jose Manuel Zelaya, who has been holed up in the South American country's embassy in Honduras since last week.</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:20:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Amnesty deal offered to former Honduras leader</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/08/28/honduras.amnesty.offer/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/08/28/honduras.amnesty.offer/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Honduras' de facto president said Thursday that he is willing to resign and let ousted President Jose Manuel Zelaya back into the country, as long as Zelaya gives up his quest for leadership.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:14:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Honduras government balks at accord</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/08/25/honduras.oas/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/08/25/honduras.oas/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The government of de facto Honduran President Roberto Micheletti is not ready to sign a proposed agreement to end the country's ongoing political crisis, Costa Rican Foreign Minister Bruno Stagno said in Honduras.</description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 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</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Jamaica leader concedes election defeat</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/09/04/jamaica.elections.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/09/04/jamaica.elections.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Jamaica's leader has conceded defeat in a tight election, though she said her party might still challenge the results of some parliamentary races.</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:32:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Aristide plans return to Haiti, but no political post</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/02/22/aristide.vonmarsh/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/02/22/aristide.vonmarsh/index.html</guid><description>Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, ousted from power in 2004 and living in South Africa, said Tuesday he wants to return to Haiti as soon as possible -- but would not take 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EST</pubDate></item><item><title>OAS members balk at U.S. intervention plan</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/06/06/oas/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/06/06/oas/index.html</guid><description>A U.S. proposal to intervene in Western Hemisphere nations to push democracy rankled the leaders of several South American countries debating the issue Monday at the meeting of the Organization of American States.</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2005 19:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice urges promoting democracy in Americas</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/06/05/rice.oas/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/06/05/rice.oas/index.html</guid><description>U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice encouraged members of the Organization of American States on Sunday to prop up feeble democracies, an idea at odds with some South American countries that adhere to nonintervention policies.</description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2005 23:37:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Venezuelan official hints at possible U.S. attack</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/02/23/venezuela.attack/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/02/23/venezuela.attack/index.html</guid><description>A top Venezuelan official said Wednesday "insidious accusations" that President Hugo Chavez is "a negative influence and a destabilizing force for the region" could portend an attack against the country, a major oil exporter.</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2005 03:18:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Amnesty condemns Haiti's human rights failures</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/11/11/haiti.human.rights.reut/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/11/11/haiti.human.rights.reut/index.html</guid><description>Rights group Amnesty International on Thursday condemned what it said were summary executions by police, serious human rights abuses and an alarming number of illegal detentions in Haiti.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2004 21:09:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Colombia, outlawed paramilitary agree to deal</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/05/13/colombia.paramilitary/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/05/13/colombia.paramilitary/index.html</guid><description>The leaders of an outlawed, far-right paramilitary group have agreed to lay down their arms and move to a small town in northern Colombia, where they will be watched by international observers, a government spokesman said Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2004 17:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chavez opposition urges new protests</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/03/04/venezuela.protests/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/03/04/venezuela.protests/index.html</guid><description>Opposition leaders Thursday called for a new demonstration this weekend against President Hugo Chavez's government to encourage a national electoral commission to approve a recall vote.</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2004 18:39:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Troops, demonstrators clash in Venezuelan capital</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/02/27/venezuela.protest/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/02/27/venezuela.protest/index.html</guid><description>National Guard troops clashed Friday with tens of thousands of antigovernment demonstrators trying to reach the site of a summit of developing nations in downtown Caracas.</description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2004 20:47:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Aristide agrees to international peace plan</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/02/21/haiti.revolt/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/02/21/haiti.revolt/index.html</guid><description>President Jean-Bertrand Aristide said Saturday that he has accepted all conditions of a peace plan presented to him by an international delegation, but opposition leaders appeared unwavering in their refusal to go along with any such deal.</description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2004 08:44:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>White House 'actively engaged' in Haiti peace efforts</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/20/haiti.bush/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/20/haiti.bush/index.html</guid><description>The White House said Friday it is "actively engaged" in the effort to peacefully resolve the political crisis in Haiti and called on President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to honor past commitments to give opposition movements a greater voice in the government.</description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2004 19:08:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Multinational team will go to Haiti</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/02/19/haiti.revolt/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/02/19/haiti.revolt/index.html</guid><description>A multinational team will travel to Haiti Saturday to discuss a plan to calm the turbulence there, a senior State Department official announced Thursday as Americans were urged to leave Haiti as soon as possible.</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2004 18:42:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Concern mounts over Haiti bloodshed</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/02/17/haiti.revolt/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/02/17/haiti.revolt/index.html</guid><description>International concern is growing about a rebel bid in Haiti to oust President Jean-Bertrand Aristide that has left more than 50 people dead.</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2004 07:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Venezuela opposition pushes for speedy recall</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/02/14/venezuela.protest/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/02/14/venezuela.protest/index.html</guid><description>Tens of thousands of opponents of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez took to the streets of the capital Saturday to protest delays in the verification of their petitions for a recall election.</description><pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2004 03:05:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Aristide announces framework for Haiti talks</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/02/01/haiti.aristide/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/02/01/haiti.aristide/index.html</guid><description>Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide returned to Port-au-Prince Saturday night after a daylong meeting with international leaders in an effort to resolve Haiti's latest political crisis.</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2004 14:26:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>LIFE AFTER XEROX Sol 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Linowitz has had a life that many businessmen surely envy. Coming from a family in straitened circumstances, he was immensely successful as a lawyer and then a corporate executive. As an ins...</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jan 1986 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>