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Surinamese Foreign Minister Albert Ramdin was Monday elected as the new secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS), becoming the first Caribbean Community national to do so and breaking a decades old stranglehold by candidates from Latin American countries. Ramdin will succeed Uruguayan diplomat Luis Almagro in the top position in the coming weeks. It was a relatively easy ride for Ramdin, 66, a former two term assistant secretary […]