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By Marco Aquino and Carolina Pulice

OAS chief faces probe over relationship with staffer

FILE PHOTO: Secretary-General of the Organization of American States Luis Almagro speaks during the Leaders' Second Plenary Session during the Ninth Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 10, 2022. REUTERS/Lauren Justice/File Photo

Luis Almagro, the chief of the Organization of American States (OAS), confirmed on Friday that he faces an internal investigation over a romantic relationship with a staff member, but denied it might have violated the organization's ethics policies.

Almagro's remarks, at the end of the OAS's annual summit this week in Lima, followed a report by the Associated Press that described a "long-running" consensual relationship with a Mexican-born woman two decades his junior.

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