The 34-country Organization of American States is better known for its cocktail parties than for its contributions to mankind, but congressional Republicans may have been drunk the week before last when they voted to end all US funding to the regional institution.
The Republican-controlled House Foreign Affairs committee passed an amendment to cut the entire $48.5 million annual US contribution to the OAS, alleging that it has become a tool of Cuba, Venezuela and other leftist regimes.
The amendment was approved in a party-line 22-20 vote, along with four other initiatives, including one that would cut foreign aid funds for Argentina, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Ecuador and Bolivia.
The two measures are highly unlikely to be
