SELA celebrates its 50th anniversary with a floral offering to the Liberator Simon Bolivar

Published at: 17/10/2025 02:48 PM

The Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) commemorated this Friday the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Panama Convention, which gave rise to the regional mechanism, with a wreath ceremony before the sarcophagus that holds the mortal remains of the Liberator Simon Bolivar, in the National Pantheon of Caracas.

The solemn ceremony was chaired by the permanent secretary of SELA, Ambassador Lesly David, together with the Procedures and Travel Officer, Cora Romero, and the General Services Assistant, Alfredo Martínez, accompanied by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Caribbean, Raúl Li Causi, and the Colombian ambassador to Venezuela, Milton Rengifo.

On his Telegram channel, the Minister of People's Power for Foreign Affairs, Yván Gil, published that “50 years ago SELA was created, a regional milestone focused on promoting integration, economic and commercial cooperation, investment and sustainable development among its 28 member States in Latin America and the Caribbean”, reiterating that it is an organization that continues to exist to jointly face social inequalities and financial crises generated by the model capitalist.

Created on October 17, 1975, through the Panama Convention, SELA is a regional intergovernmental body, comprised of Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay and Venezuela.

SELA, as an integration mechanism, seeks to promote a system of consultation and coordination to coordinate common positions and strategies of Latin America and the Caribbean, in economic matters, before countries, groups of nations, forums and international organizations, and to promote cooperation and integration among member nations.

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