HALL OF INFAMY

LUIS ALMAGRO

JOB: Secretary-General of the Organization of American States

REPUTATION: Cat’s paw of Republican Washington

The Organization of American States has undergone many a costume change. For decades regarded as a tool of US foreign policy (funded 60 per cent by the US and headquartered in Washington), during the Cold War the OAS had an impeccable record for supporting the capitalist status quo in Latin America: while General Pinochet’s Chile was welcome,