El Salvador presents Flores as OAS candidate
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[[w:El Salvador|El Salvador]] officially presented ex-president [[w:Francisco Flores|Francisco Flores]] as its official candidate for the post of Secretary General of the [[w:Organization of American States|Organization of American States (OAS)]]. The previous Secretary General, [[w:Miguel Ángel Rodríguez|Miguel Ángel Rodríguez]], vacated the post after serving only 24 days of his term of office before returning home to [[w:Costa Rica|Costa Rica]] to face corruption charges.

The Salvadoran government claims already to have the support of three other [[w:Central America|Central-American]] countries and the [[w:Dominican Republic|Dominican Republic]] for their candidate.  This may not be true, however, because [[w:Guatemala|Guatemala]] is still deciding whether to officially nominate [[w:Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Laureate]] [[w:Rigoberta Menchú|Rigoberta Menchú]] as an alternative candidate. It is certain that [[w:Honduras|Honduras]] is refusing to support Flores because of his refusal to accept the decision of the [[w:International Court of Justice|International Court of Justice]] in favour of Honduras over a territorial dispute between the two nations when he was president.

Flores has criticised [[w:Mexico|Mexico]] for proposing [[w:Luis Ernesto Derbez|Luis Ernesto Derbez]] as a candidate, claiming that in the previous election Mexico had agreed, as had all the OAS nations, that the chosen candidate should be from Central America, and that they have gone back on their word by now proposing their own candidate. 

Honduras has similarly criticised Flores, saying that Central America had previously decided to back a consensus candidate, something that Flores is not.

==References==
* [http://www.laprensahn.com/centro_america.php?id=572&tabla=January_2005&fecha=20050114 Non-English website about the topic]
* [http://www.laprensahn.com/opinion.php?id=551&tabla=January_2005&fecha=20050114 Spanish site explaining the situation]

 
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El Salvador officially presented ex-president Francisco Flores as its official candidate for the post of Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS). The previous Secretary General, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, vacated the post after serving only 24 days of his term of office before returning home to Costa Rica to face corruption charges.

The Salvadoran government claims already to have the support of three other Central-American countries and the Dominican Republic for their candidate.  This may not be true, however, because Guatemala is still deciding whether to officially nominate Nobel Laureate Rigoberta Menchú as an alternative candidate. It is certain that Honduras is refusing to support Flores because of his refusal to accept the decision of the International Court of Justice in favour of Honduras over a territorial dispute between the two nations when he was president.

Flores has criticised Mexico for proposing Luis Ernesto Derbez as a candidate, claiming that in the previous election Mexico had agreed, as had all the OAS nations, that the chosen candidate should be from Central America, and that they have gone back on their word by now proposing their own candidate. 

Honduras has similarly criticised Flores, saying that Central America had previously decided to back a consensus candidate, something that Flores is not.
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