The fight was originally between U.S. backed Guatemala and Venezuela, bit ultimately it was Panama who won a seat on the U.N. Security Council on the 48th ballot today.

Panama got 164 votes in the 192-member U.N. General Assembly, more than the 120 needed to win a two-year term starting Jan. 1 on the U.N.’s most powerful body. Venezuela got 11 votes, Guatemala 4 votes, and Barbados 1 vote.

the five new members of the Security Council now are Belgium, Indonesia, Italy, Panama and South Africa.

The 34 Latin American and Caribbean nations endorsed Panama as a candidate on Friday after a standoff between Guatemala and Venezuela that was the third-longest battle for a seat on the Security Council in the U.N.’s 61-year history.

Via / The New York Post
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