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Org. of American States boss slammed over watchdog’s removal

FILE - Paulo Abrao, Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (CIDH), left, meets with Chilean Supreme Court President Haroldo Brito, not in picture, in Santiago, Chile, Nov. 18, 2019. According to an administrative ruling on Oct. 24, 2022 by the Organization of American States' (OAS) top review panel, OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro unfairly maligned the reputation of the Brazilian lawyer who he abruptly fired as the region’s top human rights watchdog. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File) FILE - Secretary General of the Organization of American States, OAS, Luis Almagro addresses the OAS during the opening of the 52nd General Assembly of the OAS in Lima, Peru, Oct. 5, 2022. According to an administrative ruling on Oct. 24, 2022 by the OAS' top review panel, Almagro unfairly maligned the reputation of Brazilian lawyer Paulo Abrao who he abruptly fired as the region’s top human rights watchdog. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo, File)