A straight-up comparison of how UNASUR and OAS define their election observation missions tells the story. Whether it’s how the mission is selected and the invitation issued, the methodology of the two (with no clear standards for UNASUR), or the steps for an observation, what is clear is that UNASUR’s approach is clearly both pro-government and less technocratic. What aspiring autocratic government—of whatever ideology—wouldn’t
want a UNASUR observation?
