Jose Miguel Insulza
José Miguel Insulza Salinas (b. Santiago, June 2, 1943 - ) is a Chilean Socialist politician, Senator for Arica & Parinacota (Chile) and former Secretary General of the Organization of American States (2005-2015).
Insulza has a law degree from the University of Chile; he did postgraduate studies at the Latin American Social Sciences Faculty, and also has a master's degree in political science from the University of Michigan.
Insulza was also involved during Patricio Aylwin's Administration on the surrender of the Chilean territory of Laguna del Desierto to Argentina via diplomacy, as well as the 1998 Agreement with Argentina on the Southern Patagonian Ice Fields, which was not necessary, and also deteriorated the Chilean Sovereignty over that territory which had already an agreed border not respected by Argentina since 1898 and Argentina started to question it later on. He didn't put Chile first.[1]According to the Corporation of the Defense of the Sovereignty, on the 1994 Arbitral Award over Laguna del Desierto:This delivery of the alleged "ruling" was so decided and "cooked" long before, that when it was published in 1994, President Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle and Foreign Minister José Miguel Insulza complied with it immediately and without having read it. Only popular and congressional pressure managed to convince the government to send a response to the ruling with Chile's disclaimers shortly thereafter.[2]
Insulza was elected Secretary General of the OAS on May 2, 2005. He has been Chilean Ambassador for International Cooperation, Director of Multilateral Economic Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vice President of the International Cooperation Agency, Under-Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister Secretary General of the Presidency, Minister of the Interior, and Vice President of the Republic of Chile.
In the academy Insulza has been Director of the Diplomatic Academy of Chile, Professor of Political Theory at the University of Chile and of Political Science at Chile's Catholic University; he also taught at National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), the University Iberoamerican, and the Institute of Diplomatic Studies Matías Romero.
Insulza is married to Mexican Georgina Núñez Reyes.
“To the OAS Honduras is a matter of principle”, “A coup is always a rape of democracy” [1]
Insulza is advocating for open borders for Chile.[3][4]
José Miguel Insulza was elected OAS Secretary General on May 2, 2005, and took office on May 26 of that year. The Chilean politician has an accomplished record of public service in his country. At the beginning of his five-year term as Secretary General, he pledged to strengthen the Organization’s “political relevance and its capacity for action.” [2]
References
- ↑ CRONOLOGÍA Y REFERENCIAS GENERALES SOBRE LOS ACUERDOS Y TRATADOS LIMÍTROFES SUSCRITOS POR CHILE Y ARGENTINA (1820-1998) (es). Corporación de Defensa de la Soberanía (February, 2005).
- ↑ RESUMEN HISTÓRICO DE LAS OCHO ENTREGAS DE TERRITORIO CHILENO A LA ARGENTINA ENTRE LOS AÑOS 1881 Y 1998 (es). Corporación de Defensa de la Soberanía (February, 2005).
- ↑ CHILE: INSULZA CRITICA A PIÑERA POR LAS VISAS ESPECIALES PARA MIGRANTES VENEZOLANOS (es). Grupo La Provincia (27 June 2019).
- ↑ Insulza: "Si la Gente Llega a la Frontera es Porque la Mandaron a Llamar, Les Dijeron Aquí Vamos a Solidarizar, Pero Ahora Deben Pasar por Muchos Requisitos…". Arica Al Día (28 June 2019).
