Summits of the Americas
The Summits of the Americas are a series of international summit meetings bringing together the leaders of countries in the Organization of American States. All countries have sent representatives to all meetings except for Cuba, who was expelled from the OAS under US pressure after the Cuban Revolution of 1959. Cuba participated in the 7th Summit held in Panama in 2015 and sent its foreign minister to the subsequent 2018 summit. In the early 1990s, what were formerly ad hoc summits came to be institutionalized into a regular "Summit of the Americas" based on the principles of democracy and free trade. The meetings, organized by a number of multilateral bodies led by the Organization of American States, provide an opportunity for discussions about a variety of issues and topics.The summits that garnered most general public and media attention were the Quebec City and Mar del Plata events, both of which provoked very large anti-globalization and anti-Free Trade Area of the Americas protests and attendant police response.All 35 independent nations of the Americas are members of the OAS.
| Nation | Capital | HDI
2019 est.
for 2018 | Official
language |
| St. John's | 0.776 | English |
| Buenos Aires | 0.830 | Spanish |
| Nassau | 0.805 | English |
| Bridgetown | 0.813 | English |
| Belmopan | 0.720 | English |
| Sucre | 0.703 | Spanish |
| Brasília | 0.761 | Portuguese |
| Ottawa | 0.922 | English, French |
| Santiago | 0.847 | Spanish |
| Bogota | 0.761 | Spanish |
| San José | 0.794 | Spanish |
| Havana | 0.778 | Spanish |
| Roseau | 0.724 | English |
| Santo Domingo | 0.745 | Spanish |
| Quito | 0.758 | Spanish |
| San Salvador | 0.667 | Spanish |
| St. George's | 0.763 | English |
| Guatemala City | 0.651 | Spanish |
| Georgetown | 0.670 | English |
| Port-au-Prince | 0.503 | French, Haitian Creole |
| Tegucigalpa | 0.623 | Spanish |
| Kingston | 0.726 | English |
| Mexico City | 0.767 | Spanish |
| Managua | 0.651 | Spanish |
| Panama City | 0.795 | Spanish |
| Asuncion | 0.724 | Spanish, Guarani |
| Lima | 0.759 | Spanish |
| Basseterre | 0.777 | English |
| Castries | 0.745 | English |
| Kingstown | 0.728 | English |
| Paramaribo | 0.724 | Dutch |
| Port of Spain | 0.799 | English |
| Washington D.C. | 0.920 | English |
| Montevideo | 0.808 | Spanish |
| Caracas | 0.726 | Spanish |
Non-members
The following jurisdictions are not members of the OAS as they are dependencies of other nations. They are grouped under the nation that has sovereignty over them.
Disputed with Argentina
Disputed with Argentina
Disputed with Haiti
