Ibero-American Summit

Countries participating in the Ibero-American Summit

Full member - Americas   Full member - Europe

Associate member   Country that applied to join

Possible future member

The Ibero-American Summit (formally, the Ibero-American Summits of Heads of State and Governments; Spanish: Cumbres Iberoamericanas de Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno; Portuguese: Cúpulas Ibero-Americanas de Chefes de Estado e de Governo or Cimeiras Ibero-Americanas de Chefes de Estado e de Governo), is a yearly meeting of the heads of government and state of the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking nations of Europe and the Americas, as members of the Organization of Ibero-American States.

Member States

The first summit, held in 1991 in Guadalajara, Mexico, was attended by the governments of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Spain, Uruguay and Venezuela. Andorra joined in 2004.^[1][2][3] Equatorial Guinea and the Philippines entered in 2009 as "associate members". Puerto Rico has participated sometimes as an associate member, but as it is not a sovereign country it is not allowed to completely join the summits. Belize and East Timor have expressed their interest in joining the summits, although they have not been allowed to join for the moment. All these countries were either Spanish or Portuguese colonies (Belize and the Philippines were Spanish before belonging to the UK and the US, respectively). Other former Spanish and Portuguese colonies may join the summits in the future.

Full Members

• Andorra
• Argentina
• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Chile
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Cuba
• Dominican Republic
• Ecuador
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Paraguay
• Portugal
• Peru
• Spain
• Uruguay
• Venezuela

Associate member

• Equatorial Guinea
• Philippines
• Puerto Rico

Future member

• Belize
• East Timor

Summits

Mar del Plata Summit, December 2010

Ibero-American Summit, November 2007, Santiago, Chile.

Ibero-American Summit, 2008 San Salvador, El Salvador.

Summit	Place	Dates[4]
1st	Guadalajara, Mexico	July 18–July 19, 1991
2nd	Madrid, Spain	July 23–July 24, 1992
3rd	Salvador, Brazil	July 15–July 16, 1993
4th	Cartagena, Colombia	June 14–June 15, 1994
5th	San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina	October 16–October 17, 1995
6th	Santiago and Viña del Mar, Chile	November 13–November 14, 1996
7th	Isla Margarita, Venezuela	November 8–November 9, 1997
8th	Porto, Portugal	October 17–October 18, 1998
9th	Havana, Cuba	November 15–November 16, 1999
10th	Panama City, Panama	November 17–November 18, 2000
11th	Lima, Peru	November 17–November 18, 2001
12th	Bávaro, Dominican Republic	November 15–November 16, 2002
13th	Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia	November 14–November 15, 2003
14th	San José, Costa Rica	November 18–November 20, 2004
15th	Salamanca, Spain	October 14–October 15, 2005
16th	Montevideo, Uruguay	November 3–November 5, 2006
17th	Santiago, Chile	November 8–November 10, 2007
18th	San Salvador, El Salvador	October 29–October 31, 2008
19th	Estoril, Portugal	November 30–December 1, 2009
20th	Mar de Plata, Argentina	December 3–December 4, 2010
21st	Asunción, Paraguay	2011
22nd	Cádiz, Spain	2012

See also

• Ibero-America
• List of current heads of state and government of Ibero-america
• Organization of Ibero-American States
• Community of Portuguese Language Countries
• Latin American integration
• Rio Group

References

1. ^ Países, Cumbres Iberoamericanas de Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno. Accessed on line October 22, 2007.
2. ^ International Relations, Andorran Chamber of Commerce. Accessed on line October 22, 2007.
3. ^ I Cumbre Iberoamericana de Jefes de Estado y Presidentes de Gobierno, Cumbres y Conferencias Iberoamericanas, Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura. Accessed on line October 22, 2007.
4. ^ Cumbres Iberoamericanas de Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno, Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura. Accessed on line October 22, 2007.

Bibliography

• (1992) Primera Cumbre Iberoamericana, Guadalajara, México, 1991: Discursos, Declaración de Guadalajara y documentos. Mexico: Fondo de Cultura Económica. ISBN 968-16-3735-6

External links

• (Spanish)/(Portuguese) Cumbres Iberoamericanas de Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno
• (Spanish)/(Portuguese) Ibero-America's Secretariat General Official Web-site (SEGIB)
• (Spanish) / (Portuguese): Organization of Ibero-American States (OEI) web site
• (Spanish) Official Web-site for the Organization of Ibero-American Youth (OIJ)
• (Spanish) Web site for 2008 Iberoamerican Summit in El Salvador