Member States

This section contains the profiles of each of the 25 Member States of SELA, with information on the following aspects: Geography and Climate, Population, Economic and Social-Demographic Indicators and Government, among others. The information has been taken, essentially, from the official Web sites of the countries and the Web sites of relevant national as well as of regional authorities, among other sources. To view the information, click on the name of the country.

 

Official Name: Argentine Republic

Capital: Buenos Aires

SELA Membership date: 10 de enero de 1977

Head of goverment: Presidente Javier Milei

Official Name: Commonwealth Of The Bahamas

Capital: Nassau

SELA Membership date: 25 de marzo de 1998

Head of goverment: Primer Ministro Philip  Edward Davis, K.C.

Official Name: Barbados

Capital: Bridgetown

SELA Membership date: 4 de junio de 1976

Head of goverment: Presidenta Sandra Mason

Official Name: Belize

Capital: Belmopán

SELA Membership date: 6 de marzo de 1992

Head of goverment: Primer Ministro Dean O. Barrow

Official Name: Plurinational State of Bolivia

Capital: La Paz

SELA Membership date: 7 de junio de 1976

Head of goverment: Presidente Luis Arce

Official Name: Federative Republic Of Brazil

Capital: Brasilia

SELA Membership date: 14 de Mayo de 1976

Head of goverment: Presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Official Name: Republic Of Chile

Capital: Santiago

SELA Membership date: 18 de octubre de 1977

Head of goverment: Presidente Gabriel Boric

Official Name: Republic Of Colombia

Capital: Bogotá

SELA Membership date: 18 de junio de1979

Head of goverment: Presidente Gustavo Petro

Official Name: Republic Of Cuba

Capital: La Habana

SELA Membership date: 14 de enero de 1976

Head of goverment: Presidente Miguel Díaz Canel-Bermúdez

Official Name: Republic Of Ecuador

Capital: Quito D.M

SELA Membership date: 2 de abril 1976

Head of goverment: Presidente Daniel Noboa

Official Name: Republic Of El Salvador

Capital: San Salvador

SELA Membership date: 29 de octubre de 2009

Head of goverment: Presidente Salvador Nayib Bukele

Official Name: Republic of Guatemala

Capital: Ciudad Guatemala

SELA Membership date: 2 noviembre 1976

Head of goverment: Presidente César Bernardo Arévalo de León

Official Name: Cooperative Republic of Guyana

Capital: Georgetown

SELA Membership date: 17 de enero de 1976

Head of goverment: Presidente Irfaan Ali

Official Name: Republic Of Haiti

Capital: Puerto Príncipe

SELA Membership date: 17 de marzo de 1977

Head of goverment: Primer Ministro Ariel Henry

Official Name: Republic Of Honduras

Capital: Tegucigalpa

SELA Membership date: 14 de junio de 1976

Head of goverment: Presidenta Xiomara Castro

Official Name: Jamaica

Capital: Kingston

SELA Membership date: 4 de abril de 1976

Head of goverment: Primera Ministra Portia Simpson Miller

Official Name: United Mexican States

Capital: Ciudad de México

SELA Membership date: 14 enero de 1976

Head of goverment: Presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador

Official Name: Republic Of Nicaragua

Capital: Managua

SELA Membership date: 2 de febrero de 1976

Head of goverment: Presidente Daniel Ortega

Official Name: Republic Of Panama

Capital: Ciudad de Panamá

SELA Membership date: 4 de diciembre de 1975

Head of goverment: Presidente Laurentino Cortizo

Official Name: Republic Of Paraguay

Capital: Asunción

SELA Membership date: 19 de septiembre de 1986

Head of goverment: Presidente Santiago Peña Palacios

Official Name: Republic Of Peru

Capital: Lima

SELA Membership date: 29 de abril de 1976

Head of goverment: Presidenta Dina Boluarte

Official Name: Dominican Republic

Capital: Santo Domingo

SELA Membership date: 04 de junio de 1976

Head of goverment: Presidente Luis Abinader

Official Name: Suriname

Capital: Paramaribo

SELA Membership date: 27 de julio de 1979

Head of goverment: Presidente Chandrikapersad Santokhi

Official Name: Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

Capital: Puerto España

SELA Membership date: 7 de junio de 1976

Head of goverment: Presidenta Christine Carla Kangaloo

Official Name: Oriental Republic Of Uruguay

Capital: Montevideo

SELA Membership date: 1 de marzo de 2020

Head of goverment: Presidente Luis La Calle Pou

Official Name: Bolivarian Republic Of Venezuela

Capital: Caracas

SELA Membership date: 14 de enero de 1976

Head of goverment: Presidente Nicolás Maduro Moros