Ibero-American Summit Explained

The Ibero-American Summit, formally the Ibero-American Conference of Heads of State and Governments (Spanish; Castilian: Cumbres Iberoamericanas de Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno, Portuguese: Cimeiras (or Cúpulas) 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. The permanent secretariat in preparation of the summits is the Ibero-American General Secretariat (SEGIB).

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 belonged to the United Kingdom and the United States, while East Timor was Portuguese before belonged to Indonesia, respectively). Other former Spanish and Portuguese colonies may join the summits in the future.

Following a proposal made by the Colombian President Gustavo Petro,[4] Sahrawi diplomat Mohamed Azrouk said that Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic will submit a request to join the Ibero-American Summit as an observer member.[5]

Expansion

Summits

SummitCityCountryDates[6]
1stGuadalajara MexicoJuly 18 - July 19, 1991
2ndMadrid SpainJuly 23 - July 24, 1992
3rdSalvador BrazilJuly 15 - July 16, 1993
4thCartagena ColombiaJune 14 - June 15, 1994
5thSan Carlos de Bariloche ArgentinaOctober 16 - October 17, 1995
6thSantiago and Viña del Mar ChileNovember 13 - November 14, 1996
7thIsla MargaritaNovember 8 - November 9, 1997
8thPorto PortugalOctober 17 - October 18, 1998
9thHavana CubaNovember 15 - November 16, 1999
10thPanama City PanamaNovember 17 - November 18, 2000
11thLima PeruNovember 17 - November 18, 2001
12thBávaro Dominican RepublicNovember 15 - November 16, 2002
13thSanta Cruz de la SierraNovember 14 - November 15, 2003
14thSan José Costa RicaNovember 18 - November 20, 2004
15thSalamanca SpainOctober 14 - October 15, 2005
16thMontevideo UruguayNovember 3 - November 5, 2006
17thSantiago ChileNovember 8 - November 10, 2007
18thSan Salvador El SalvadorOctober 29 - October 31, 2008
19thEstoril PortugalNovember 30 - December 1, 2009
20thMar del Plata ArgentinaDecember 3 - December 4, 2010
21stAsunción ParaguayOctober 28 - October 29, 2011
22ndCádiz SpainNovember 16 - November 18, 2012
23rdPanama City PanamaOctober 16 - October 18, 2013
24thVeracruz MexicoDecember 8 - December 9, 2014
25thCartagena de Indias ColombiaOctober 28-October 29, 2016
26thAntigua GuatemalaNovember 15-November 16, 2018
27thAndorra la Vella AndorraApril 21, 2021
28thSanto Domingo Dominican RepublicMarch 24 - March 25, 2023

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.cumbresiberoamericanas.com/principal.php?m=7 Países
  2. http://www.ccis.ad/ing/relations.html International Relations
  3. http://www.oei.es/icumbre.htm I Cumbre Iberoamericana de Jefes de Estado y Presidentes de Gobierno
  4. News: March 26, 2023. Colombian president asks Spain to invite Western Sahara to Ibero-American summit. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20230326232145/https://www.spsrasd.info/news/en/articles/2023/03/26/44811.html. March 26, 2023. March 26, 2023. www.spsrasd.info. en.
  5. News: April 1, 2023. SADR will ask, officially, to be observer member of Ibero-American Summit. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20230402061735/https://www.spsrasd.info/news/en/articles/2023/04/01/44877.html. April 2, 2023. April 1, 2023. www.spsrasd.info. en.
  6. http://www.oei.es/cumbres2.htm Cumbres Iberoamericanas de Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno