Latin Union

The Latin Union is an international organization of nations that use Romance languages, whose activities have been suspended and transferred many of its activities to the Ibero-American Summit since 2012. Headquartered in Paris, France, it aims to protect, project, and promote the common cultural heritage of Romance peoples and unifying identities of the Romance, and Romance-influenced, world. It was created in 1954 in Madrid, Spain. It started to operate in 1983 and its membership rose from 12 to 36 states, including countries in North America, South America, Northern Europe, Southern Europe, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific region.

For currency union that existed between 1865 and 1927, see Latin Monetary Union.
Latin Union
  • Unió Llatina (Catalan)
  • Union Latine (French)
  • Unione Latina (Italian)
  • União Latina (Portuguese)
  • Uniunea Latină (Romanian)
  • Unión Latina (Spanish)
1954–2012 (suspension)
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HeadquartersParis, France
48°46′N 2°11′E
Official languages
Members
Leaders
• 
President of the Congress
Oleg Serebrian
• Secretary-General
José Luis Dicenta Ballester
Historical eraCold War
• Established
15 May 1954
• Suspended
31 July 2012 (suspension)
Website
www.unilat.org
Succeeded by
Ibero-American Summit

Due to financial difficulties, the Latin Union announced on 26 January 2012 the suspension of its activities, the dissolution of its Secretariat General (effective 31 July 2012), and the termination of employment for all the organization's personnel.

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