OAS Chief Quits Amid Bribery Allegations
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The head of the Organization of American States resigned two weeks into his tenure, after allegations that he participated in a bribery scandal involving a French telephone company.
Secretary-General Miguel Angel Rodriguez of Costa Rica denies wrongdoing. He will be succeeded by the second-ranking official in the OAS, Luigi Einaudi, an American and a former State Department official.
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