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Authorities: Permanent Representatives to the OAS

Luis Alfonso Hoyos Aristizábal
Chairman of the Permanent Council
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Colombia to the OAS

Jorge Skinner-Klee
Vice Chairman of the Permanent Council
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Guatemala to the OAS

Antigua and Barbuda
Deborah-Mae Lovell
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Antigua and Barbuda to the OAS

Argentina
Rodolfo Hugo Gil
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Argentina to the OAS

Bahamas
Cornelius A. Smith
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of The Bahamas to the OAS

Barbados
John E. Beale
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Barbados to the OAS

Belize
Nestor Mendez
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Belize to the OAS

Bolivia
José Enrique Pinelo Navarro
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Bolivia to the OAS

Brazil
Ruy de Lima Casães e Silva
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Brazil to the OAS

Canada
Graeme Clark
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Canada to the OAS

Chile
Pedro Oyarce Yuraszeck
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Chile to the OAS

Colombia
Luis Alfonso Hoyos Aristizábal
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Colombia to the OAS

Costa Rica
José Enrique Castillo Barrantes
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the OAS

Dominica
Judith Anne Rolle
Interim Representative of Dominica to the OAS

Dominican Republic
Virgilio Alcántara
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Dominican Republic to the OAS

Ecuador
Francisco Proaño
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Ecuador to the OAS

El Salvador
Luis Menéndez-Castro
Ambassador, Interim Representative of El Salvador to the OAS

Grenada
Gillian M.S. Bristol
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Grenada to the OAS

Guatemala
Jorge Skinner-Klee
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Guatemala to the OAS

Guyana
Bayney R. Karran
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Guyana to the OAS

Haiti
Duly Brutus
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Haiti to the OAS

Jamaica
Anthony Smith Rowe Johnson
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Jamaica to the OAS

Mexico
Gustavo Albin Santos
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Mexico to the OAS

Nicaragua
Denis Ronaldo Moncada Colindres
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Nicaragua to the OAS

Panama
Guillermo Alberto Cochez Farrugia
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Panama to the OAS

Paraguay
Bernardino Hugo Saguier
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Paraguay to the OAS

Peru
María Zavala Valladares
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Peru to the OAS

Saint Kitts and Nevis
Izben C. Williams
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Saint Kitts and Nevis to the OAS

Saint Lucia
Michael Louis
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Saint Lucia to the OAS

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
La Celia A. Prince
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to the OAS

Suriname
Jacques Ruben Constantijn Kross
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Suriname to the OAS

Trinidad and Tobago
Glenda Morean-Phillip
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Trinidad and Tobago to the OAS

United States
W. Lewis Amselem
Interim Representative of the United States to the OAS

Uruguay
María del Luján Flores
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Uruguay to the OAS

Venezuela
Roy Chaderton Matos
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Venezuela to the OAS