Latin American Parliament
Latin American Parliament Parlamento Latinoamericano ( 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) | |
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| 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 |
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Latin American Parliament building, Amador, Panama City,  Panama | |
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| parlatino.org | |
The Latin American Parliament (Parlatino) is a regional, permanent organization composed by the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. It is a consultative assembly similar to the
Community of Latin American and Caribbean States.[2]
Origins, mandate, principles and purpose
The Latin American Parliament (Parlatino) was created in 1964. Its current mandate is derived from the
Treaty of Institutionalization which was ratified on 16 November 1987. Situated in Panama City, Panama,[3] the Parlatino has 23 member parliaments, each of which sends to it 12 nominated plenipotentiaries. 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 the Parlatino are:[1]
- To promote, human rights, and economic and social development;
- To maintain and foster relations with other "geographic parliaments" (such as the European Parliament, as well as international organisations);
- To promote self-determination and defence against imperialism and colonialism.
Institutions
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The main institutions of the Parlatino are:[1]
- The unicameralPlenary 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 the Parlatino between the Assembly's sessions.
- In 2009 there were thirteen permanent committees:[1]
- 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.
Members
As of 2013, the following countries and territories are members of the Latin American Parliament:[4]
See also
- Latin American Integration Association (LAIA)
- Union of South American Nations
- Latin American and Caribbean Congress in Solidarity with Puerto Rico’s Independence
- Latin America Memorial
- South American Parliament (proposed)
- Central American Parliament
- Andean Parliament
- Mercosur Parliament
Notes
- ^ a b c d Evans & Silk 2009, p. 350.
- ^ acn 2011, Havana Hosts Meeting ....
- ^ Parlatino, Cómo llegar al Parlamento Latinoamericano, Parlatino, archived from the original on 20 April 2013
- ^ Informaciones de los Países Miembros Archived 20 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine Parlatino.org (in Spanish)
References
- 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
External links
- Latin American Parliament, archived from the original on 23 July 2010, retrieved 6 December 2005 official site in Portuguese and Spanish
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