Rio Group

Rio Group
Membership	24 Latin American and Caribbean states
Establishment	1986

The Rio Group (Template:Lang-pt [ˈɡɾupu du ˈʁi.u]; Template:Lang-es [ˈɡɾupo ðe ˈri.o]) was an international organization of Latin American and some Caribbean states. It was created on 18 December 1986 in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro by means of the Declaration of Rio de Janeiro, signed by Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela (the members of the Contadora Group and the Contadora Support Group). To some extent it was perceived by some observers as an alternative body to the Organization of American States during the Cold War, since that body was dominated by the United States. The Rio Group did not have a secretariat or permanent body, and instead relied on yearly summits of heads of states.

It was succeeded in 2010 by the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States.

Member states

Member states/organizations in alphabetical order by column:

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List of summit meetings

Summit	Year	City	Seat country
I	1987	Acapulco	Mexico
II	1988	Montevideo	Uruguay
III	1989	Ica	Peru
IV	1990	Caracas	Venezuela
V	1991	Cartagena	Colombia
VI	1992	Buenos Aires	Argentina
VII	1993	Santiago	Chile
VIII	1994	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
IX	1995	Quito	Ecuador
X	1996	Cochabamba	Bolivia
XI	1997	Asunción	Paraguay
XII	1998	Panama City	Panama
XIII	1999	Veracruz	Mexico
XIV	2000	Cartagena	Colombia
XV	2001	Santiago	Chile
XVI	2002	San José	Costa Rica
XVII	2003	Cusco	Peru
XVIII	2004	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
XIX	2007	Georgetown	Guyana
XX	2008	Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic
I Extraordinaria	2009	Zacatecas	Mexico
II Extraordinaria	2009	Managua	Nicaragua
XXI	2010	Cancun	Mexico

See also

• Union of South American Nations
• Organization of Ibero-American States (The Organization of Ibero-American States for Education, Science and Culture)
• Ibero-American Summit
• Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance/Rio Pact

External links

• Rio Group accepts Cuba; Group demands role in global economic order, Latin America Tribute (Via Global Research), (November 15, 2008) -- The announcement of Cuba joining bloc in November 2008