AP: OAS boss faces probe into alleged relationship with aide

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Almagro never took part in any decisions regarding this staff member’s interests within the OAS,” spokesman Gonzalo Espariz said in a email. In the biography titled “Luis Almagro Doesn’t Ask For Forgiveness,” the OAS chief demurred when asked about the younger staffer, instead citing a verse from legendary Nicaraguan poet Ruben Dario: “With graying hair I approach the rose bushes in the garden.” Almagro also said “the female sex” had been a “very important engine” fueling his professional ambitions over the years. The OAS’ Inspector General told the AP that it decided to look into the matter after receiving from Almagro on June 3 a loosely detailed anonymous complaint alleging an intimate relationship with an unnamed staffer. As of the internal watchdog’s latest activity report July 31, the matter was referenced only as “Alleged Misconduct of Senior OAS Staff Member.” Almagro was elected to head the OAS with near-unanimous support in 2015 after serving as foreign minister in Uruguay’s leftist government.