The proposal the US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice made on June 4 to send a delegation of the Organization of American States (OAS) to Venezuela to delve into the case of private television station RCTV found no support in the international body and was rejected by the Venezuelan representatives attending the 37th OAS General Assembly in Panama.

When asked about such proposal, Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs Nicolás Maduro replied: "This suggestion fell on deaf ears. If OAS wants to designate a taskforce, the first thing it should do is visit Guantánamo jail and see how many prisoners are held in there, or go to the Mexican border, if they really want to assess the human rights of the immigrants hunted."

Rice proposed to designate a delegation -headed by OAS Secretary-General José Miguel Insulza- to visit Venezuela and to "to present a full report to the Foreign Ministers through the Permanent Council." Insulza, however, on Tuesday made no comments on her recommendation.