OAS Foreign Ministers' meeting on coup d'état
Meeting of OAS foreign ministers in Washington where they decided to "deplore" (and not "condemn") the coup d'état of April 5, 1992 perpetrated by Alberto Fujimori in Peru.
The foreign ministers of the Organization of American States (OAS) met in Washington to discuss the coup d'état perpetrated by Alberto Fujimori on April 5, 1992. During this meeting, the foreign ministers debated which term to use to express their position on the coup. In the end, they chose the term "deplore" rather than "condemn" to express their opinion on the rupture of the constitutional order in Peru. This decision reflected a moderate diplomatic stance of the OAS towards the events in the country.