Retired OAS official Silva dies
Julio Silva, a retired Organization of American States official well known throughout the Caribbean and Latin America, died March 17 in Sarasota. He was 76.
Silva was originally from Santiago, Chile, and attended the Chilean naval academy before transferring to Syracuse University. In 1955, he started a career with the OAS press office that lasted until his retirement in 1987.
During his career, he was an OAS representative in Honduras, Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti, according to a report in the Washington Post.
Retired OAS official Silva dies
