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Authorities: Permanent Representatives to the OAS

Brazil
Benoni Belli
Chair of the Permanent Council, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Brazil

Ecuador
Manuel Mauricio Montalvo Samaniego
Vice Chair of the Permanent Council, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Ecuador

Antigua and Barbuda
Ronald Michael Sanders
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina
Carlos Bernardo Cherniak
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Argentina

Barbados
Victor Fernandes
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Barbados

Belize
Lynn Raymond Young
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Belize

Bolivia
Héctor Enrique Arce Zaconeta
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Bolivia

Brazil
Benoni Belli
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Brazil

Canada
Stuart Savage
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Canada

Chile
Sebastián Eugenio Kraljevich Chadwick
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Chile

Colombia
Luis Ernesto Vargas
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Colombia

Costa Rica
Alejandra Solano
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Costa Rica

Dominica
Steve Ferrol
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Dominica

Dominican Republic
Mayerlyn Cordero Díaz
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Dominican Republic

Ecuador
Manuel Mauricio Montalvo Samaniego
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Ecuador

El Salvador
Wendy Acevedo
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of El Salvador

Grenada
Tarlie Francis
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Grenada

Guatemala
Claudia Escobar Mejía
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Guatemala

Guyana
Samuel Hinds
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Guyana

Haiti
Myrtha Désulmé
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Haiti

Honduras
Carlos Roberto Quesada López
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Honduras

Jamaica
Delita McCallum
Interim Representative of Jamaica

Mexico
Luz Elena Baños Rivas
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of México

Panama
Ana Irene Delgado
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Panama

Paraguay
Raúl Florentín
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Paraguay

Peru
José Luis Sardón
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Peru

Saint Kitts and Nevis
Jacinth Henry-Martin
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia
Elizabeth Darius-Clarke
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Saint Lucia

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Lou-Anne Gaylene Gilchrist
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Suriname
Jan Marten Willem Schalkwijk
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Suriname

The Bahamas
Chet Donovan Neymour
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of The Bahamas

Trinidad and Tobago
Venessa Ramhit-Ramroop
Interim Representative of Trinidad and Tobago

United States
Thomas Hastings
Interim Representative of the United States

Uruguay
Natalia Novoa Pallas
Interim Representative of Uruguay

Venezuela