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 Alberto Fernández
Official Name: Commonwealth Of The Bahamas
Capital: Nassau
SELA Membership date: 25 de marzo de 1998
Head of goverment: Primer Ministro Perry Christie
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 Guillermo Lasso
Official Name: Republic Of El Salvador
Capital: San Salvador
SELA Membership date: 29 de octubre de 2009
Head of goverment: Presidente Salvador Sánchez Cerén
Official Name: Republic of Guatemala
Capital: Ciudad Guatemala
SELA Membership date: 2 noviembre 1976
Head of goverment: Presidente Alejandro Giammattei
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: Presidente 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 Mario Abdo Benítez
Official Name: Republic Of Peru
Capital: Lima
SELA Membership date: 29 de abril de 1976
Head of goverment: Presidente Pedro Castillo
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 Desideré Delabo Bouterse
Official Name:
Capital: Puerto España
SELA Membership date: 7 de junio de 1976
Head of goverment: Primera Ministra Kamla Persad-Bissessar
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: Presidenta Nicolás Maduro Moros