Rio Group

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Rio Group

Membership		20 Latin American and Caribbean states
Establishment		1986

The Rio Group is an international organization of Latin American and 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.^{[citation needed]} The Rio Group does not have a secretariat or permanent body, and instead relies on yearly summits of heads of states.

Current member states in alphabetical order by column:

[edit] List of Summit meeting

**List of Summit of the Rio Group**
Summit	Year	City	Seat country
I	1987	Acapulco	Mexico
II	1988	Montevideo	Uruguay
III	1989	Ica	Peru
IV	1990	Caracas	Venezuela
V	1991	Cartagena de Indias	Colombia
VI	1992	Buenos Aires	Argentina
VII	1993	Santiago de Chile	Chile
VIII	1994	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
IX	1995	Quito	Ecuador
X	1996	Cochabamba	Bolivia
XI	1997	Asunción	Paraguay
XII	1998	Ciudad de Panamá	Panama
XIII	1999	Veracruz	Mexico
XIV	2000	Cartagena de Indias	Colombia
XV	2001	Santiago de Chile	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
XXI	2009	(for choose)	Mexico