OPANAL explained

Treaty of Tlatelolco
Full Name:	Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean
Native Name:	Organismo para la Proscripción de las Armas Nucleares en la América Latina y el Caribe
Formation:	14 February 1967
Headquarters:	Mexico City,
Language:	Spanish
Sec Gen:	Flavio Roberto Bonzanini
Website:	http://www.opanal.org

The OPANAL (which stands for el Organismo para la Proscripción de las Armas Nucleares en la América Latina y el Caribe) is an international organization which promotes a non-aggression pact and nuclear disarmament in much of the Americas. In English, its name is the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean. The agency was created as a result of the Treaty of Tlatelolco, ratified in 1969, which forbids its signatory nations from use, storage, or transport of nuclear weapons.

The first official secretary general was Leopoldo Benites from Ecuador.^[1]