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The Rio Group (spanish: Grupo de Río) is an international organization

International organization

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of Latin America

Latin America

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n and Caribbean

Caribbean

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states. It was created on 18 December 1986 in the Brazil

Brazil

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ian city of Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro , is the second largest city of Brazil and South America, behind S?o Paulo, and the third largest metropolitan area in South America, behind S?o Paulo and Buenos Aires....
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

Contadora Group

The Contadora Group was an initiative launched in the early 1980s by the foreign ministers of Colombia, Mexico, Panama and Venezuela to deal with the military conflicts in El Salvador, Nicaragua and Guatemala, which were threatening to destabilize the entire Central America region....
and the Contadora Support Group). To some extent it was perceived by some observers as an alternative body to the Organization of American States

Organization of American States

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during the Cold War

Cold War

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, since that body was dominated by the United States

United States

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The Rio Group (spanish: Grupo de Río) is an international organization

International organization

Latin America

Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages ? particularly Spanish language and Portuguese language, and variably French language ? are primarily spoken....
n and Caribbean

Caribbean

Brazil

Rio de Janeiro

Contadora Group

Organization of American States

Cold War

United States

Secretariat

In many countries, a Secretariat is an office complex where officials and administrators, including bureaucrats, conduct a government's business....
or permanent body, and instead relies on yearly summits of heads of states.

Current member states/organizatons in alphabetical order by column:

List of Summit meeting

align="center" |**List of Summit of the Rio Group**
Summit	Year	City
I	1987	Acapulco Acapulco Acapulco is a city and major port in the Political divisions of Mexico of Guerrero on the Pacific Ocean coast of Mexico, southwest from Mexico City....
II	1988	Montevideo Montevideo Montevideo is the largest city, the capital and chief port of Uruguay. Montevideo is the only city in the country with a population over 1,000,000....
III	1989	Ica Ica (city) The city of Ica is the capital of the Ica Region in southern Peru. It was founded in 1563 by Spanish conquistador Ger?nimo Luis de Cabrera. As of 2005, it had an estimated population of over 219,856, however, the city suffered extensive damage and loss of life during the 2007 Peru earthquake....
IV	1990	Caracas Caracas Caracas is the Capital and largest city of Venezuela. It is located in the north of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Coastal Range, Venezuela....
V	1991	Cartagena Cartagena, Colombia Cartagena de Indias , is a port city on the northern coast of Colombia and capital of Bol?var Department. The metropolitan area has a population of 1,240,000, and the city proper 1,090,000 ....
VI	1992	Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southern shore of the R?o de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent....
VII	1993	Santiago Santiago, Chile Santiago , is the Capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of 520 m Above mean sea level....
VIII	1994	Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro , is the second largest city of Brazil and South America, behind S?o Paulo, and the third largest metropolitan area in South America, behind S?o Paulo and Buenos Aires....
IX	1995	Quito Quito San Francisco de Quito, most often called Quito, is the Capital city of Ecuador in northwestern South America. It is located in north-central Ecuador in the Guayllabamba river basin, on the eastern slopes of Pichincha , an active stratovolcano in the Andes mountains....
X	1996	Cochabamba Cochabamba Cochabamba is a city in central Bolivia, located in a valley bearing the same name in the Andes mountain range. It is the Capital of the Cochabamba Department and is the list of cities in Bolivia with an urban population of 608,276 and a metropolitan population of more than 1,000,000 people....
XI	1997	Asunción Asunción Asunci?n , population 1,212,112 , is the Capital and largest city of Paraguay. The "Ciudad de Asunci?n" is an autonomous capital district not part of any department....
XII	1998	Panama City Panama City Panama City is the Capital and largest city of the Panama. It has a population of 708,738, with a total metro population of 1,063,000, and it is located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, at ....
XIII	1999	Veracruz Veracruz, Veracruz The city of Veracruz is a major port city and municipalities of Mexico on the Gulf of Mexico in the Mexico States of Mexico of Veracruz. The metropolitan areas of Mexico is Mexico's largest on the Gulf coast and an important east coast port....
XIV	2000	Cartagena Cartagena, Colombia Cartagena de Indias , is a port city on the northern coast of Colombia and capital of Bol?var Department. The metropolitan area has a population of 1,240,000, and the city proper 1,090,000 ....
XV	2001	Santiago Santiago, Chile Santiago , is the Capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of 520 m Above mean sea level....
XVI	2002	San José San José, Costa Rica San Jos? is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica, and is at the heart of Gran Area Metropolitana or GAM, located in the Costa Rican Central Valley....
XVII	2003	Cusco Cusco \|\|}Cusco is a city in southeastern Peru, near the Urubamba Valley of the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of the Cusco Region as well as the Cusco Province....
XVIII	2004	Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro , is the second largest city of Brazil and South America, behind S?o Paulo, and the third largest metropolitan area in South America, behind S?o Paulo and Buenos Aires....
XIX	2007	Georgetown Georgetown, Guyana Georgetown, estimated population 230,000 , is the Capital and largest city of Guyana, located in the Demerara-Mahaica region. It is situated on the Atlantic Ocean coast at the mouth of the Demerara River and it was nicknamed 'Garden City of the Caribbean.' Georgetown is located at ....
XX	2008	Santo Domingo Santo Domingo Santo Domingo, or in full, Santo Domingo de Guzm?n, is the Capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic, and the second largest city in the Caribbean....
XXI	2009	(undecided)

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List of Summit meeting

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