Latin American Parliament Parlamento Latinoamericano (Spanish) Parlamento Latino-americano (Portuguese) Latijns-Amerikaanse parlement (Dutch)
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Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	10 December 1964 (1964-12-10)
Leadership
President of the Latin American Parliament	Elías Castillo, PRD since 30 November 2012
Alternate President of the Latin American Parliament	Fernando Cordero Cueva, PAIS since 30 November 2012
General-Secretary of the Latin American Parliament	Blanca Alcalá, PRI since 30 November 2012
Alternate General-Secretary of the Latin American Parliament	Leonardo Cabezas, PCC since 30 November 2012
Committees Secretary of the Latin American Parliament	Daisy Tourné, PSU since 30 November 2012
Inter-Parliamentary Relations Secretary of the Latin American Parliament	Walter Gavidia, PSUV since 30 November 2012
Inter-Institutional Relations Secretary of the Latin American Parliament	Nancy Susana González, PJ since 30 November 2012
Delegate President of the Latin American Parliament	Jorge Pizarro, PDC since 30 November 2012
Vice Presidents of the Latin American Parliament	23: Inés Beatriz Lotto Vecchietti (FPV) Alfred Marlon Sneek (AVP) Julio Salazar [es] (MAS) Flexa Ribeiro (PSDB) Rosauro Martínez (RN) Luis Emilio Sierra (Colombian Conservative Party) Rita Gabriel Chaves Casanova (Accessibility without Exclusion) Charetti America-Francisca (MFK) Virgilio Hernández (PAIS Alliance) Sigfrido Reyes Morales (FMLN) Christian Jacques Boussinot Nuila (TODOS) Norma Haydee Calderón (PLH) Mariana Gómez del Campo (PAN) Iris Marina Montenegro Blandón (FSLN) Héctor Eduardo Aparicio (PRD) Victor Bogado González (ANR-PC) Daniel Abugattás (PNP) Teodoro Ursino Reyes (PLD) Rodolphe Emile Samuel (National Alliance (Sint Maarten)) Carlos Baraibar Ponce de León (Uruguay Assembly) Rodrigo Cabeza Morales (PSUV)
Structure
Seats	276
Committees	13: Committee on Cattle-raising and fisheries Committee on Citizen safety, combat and prevention of narcotraffic, terrorism and organized crime Committee on Economic affairs, social debt and regional development Committee on Education, culture, science, technology and communication Committee on Energy and mines Committee on Environment and tourism Committee on Gender equity, childhood and youth Committee on Health Committee on Human rights, justice and prison policies Committee on Indigenous peoples and ethnic groups Committee on Labour, social security and legal affairs Committee on Political, municipal and integration affairs Committee on Utilities and defence of users and consumers
Meeting place
Latin American Parliament building, Amador,Panama City,Panama
Website
www.parlatino.org

TheLatin American and Caribbean Parliament (Parlatino) is a regional, permanentInter-parliamentary institution organization bringing together parliamentarians from Latin America and the Caribbean.^[1] It is a consultative assembly made up of national parliamentarians, similar in format to theParliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Currently the institution is being considered to become the legislative organ of theCommunity of Latin American and Caribbean States.^[2]

The Latin American and Caribbean Parliament (Parlatino) was created in 1964. Its current mandate is derived from theTreaty of Institutionalization which was ratified on 16 November 1987. Situated inPanama City,Panama,^[3] theParlatino has 23 member parliaments, each of which sends to it 12 nominatedplenipotentiaries. The plenipotentiaries must represent the views of their parent parliament, and take into consideration the principles of the Parliament which include the defence of democracy and the further intergeneration of Latin America. The purposes of theParlatino are:^[4]

• To promote human rights and economic and social development;
• To maintain and foster relations with other "geographic parliaments" (such as theParliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, theEuropean Parliament and other international organizations);
• To promote self-determination and counter imperialism and colonialism.

The main institutions of theParlatino are:^[4]

• Theunicameral Plenary Assembly which meets annually;
• The Board of Directors of the Plenary Assembly which is chaired by the President of the Assembly and oversees the work of theParlatino between the Assembly's sessions.
• In 2009 there were thirteen permanent committees:^[4]
  • Cattle-raising and fisheries;
  • Citizen safety, combat and prevention of narcotraffic, terrorism and organized crime;
  • Economic affairs, social debt and regional development;
  • Education, culture, science, technology and communication;
  • Energy and mines;
  • Environment and tourism;
  • Gender equity, childhood and youth;
  • Health;
  • Human rights, justice and prison policies;
  • Indigenous peoples and ethnic groups;
  • Labour, social security and legal affairs;
  • Political, municipal and integration affairs;
  • Utilities and defence of users and consumers.

As of 2013, the following countries and territories are members of the Latin American Parliament:^[5]

• acn (26 May 2011),Havana Hosts Meeting of Latin American Parliament, Radio Cadena Agramonte
• Evans, Paul; Silk, Paul, eds. (2009),The Parliamentary Assembly: practice and procedure, Council of Europe, p. 350,ISBN 978-92-871-6485-8

• Official website – site inPortuguese andSpanish

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• Parliamentary assemblies
• United Nations General Assembly observers
• Supranational legislatures
• 1964 establishments in North America
• 1964 establishments in South America
• Latin American Parliament

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