Exclusive: OAS Assembly Reveals Deep Regional Divides and US Strategic Presence Amid Crisis

The Organization of American States (OAS) convened this week in Antigua and Barbuda with fourteen foreign ministers from countries including Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru attending alongside the U.S. State Department’s deputy secretary, Christopher Landau. Despite the grand presence, the assembly highlights significant regional discord and an absence of decisive leadership on America's southern flank. Notably absent is Secretary of State Marco Rubio himself, who remains tied up at NATO meetings in The Hague—an indication that Washington’s priorities may not be fully aligned with urgent hemispheric challenges. Landau, a former ambassador to Mexico well-versed in Latin affairs, stands in for Rubio...