Albert Ramdin, secretary general of the OAS: ‘Latin America is more polarized than it has been in the last 30 years’

Albert Ramdin, secretary general of the OAS: ‘Latin America is more polarized than it has been in the last 30 years’

Behind his desk in his office, the secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS), Albert Ramdin, 67, has three portraits hanging like guardians: Mahatma Gandhi, champion of nonviolence; Martin Luther King Jr., fighter for civil rights; and Nelson Mandela, advocate of dialogue with one’s enemies. Their example inspires this former Surinamese foreign minister, who has spent most of his career in this multilateral organization. Las…