The World Latin American Organization (OMLA) was established on Friday, October 25, 2013 in the city of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, during a meeting of representatives of the various Latino associations representing Latino businesses and communities from four continents (Americas, Europe, Asia and Australia) and governments from Latin America.
The Organization's Mission is to support the economic and social growth and development of Latin Americans.
The Organization and its Members shall, in pursuit of the purposes set forth in Article 1, act in accordance with the following Principles.
i. The Organization is founded on the principle of the sovereign equality of all its members.
ii. Create and develop initiatives of an economic, social, cultural or humanitarian nature, promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction of any kind, and a center to harmonize the efforts of Latin societies to achieve these common objectives.
OMLA will have three fields of action: Commercial, Social and Cultural, The General Council is the governing body, acting as a permanent forum where the presidents of the chambers of commerce, other business and cultural associations, etc., and representatives of Latin American governments under an egalitarian and truly solidary system, discuss and agree on guidelines and initiatives of the organization, and under the authority of the same, two subsidiary bodies would adopt measures on their specific branches.
1) Global Latin Chambers of Commerce (WLCC), limited to commercial matters.
2) Latinos Institute Abroad, limited to cultural and social issues
The group of organizations invited to sign OCDAL, represent more than 761,749 Latino companies in the world. Geographically, OCDAL will be the voice of approximately 50 million Latinos abroad.
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