Through what must have been some clever lobbying in Washington, the OAS, long silent on the all but aborted Belize-Guatemala negotiations, has spoken out on the Belize domestic situation. According to an OAS statement, Acting Secretary General, Luigi Einaudi "has expressed his hope for an early and peaceful resolution to the difficulties in Belize within the framework of the constitution." And even with the OAS's broad global purview, Acting Secretary General Einaudi with apparently no knowledge of the apparent securities fraud contained in DFC and Social Security's 1999 North American bond offering called for "respect for the rule of law."

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