Latin America and the Caribbean

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UNESCO's work in the Latin America and the Caribbean region is carried out by the following Field Units and Institutes:

UNESCO Regional Bureaux

Havana Regional Bureau for Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean

Montevideo Regional Bureau for Science in Latin America and the Caribbean

Santiago Regional Bureau for Education in Latin America and the Caribbean


Cluster Offices

Havana Cluster Office
(countries in this cluster office are Aruba, Cuba, Dominican Republic and Haiti)

Kingston Caribbean Cluster Office
(countries under this cluster office are Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago)

Montevideo Cluster Office
(countries in this cluster office are Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay)

San José Cluster Office
(countries under this cluster office are Costa Rica, El Salvator, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama)

Quito Cluster Office
(countries under this cluster office are Bolivia, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru)


National Offices

Guatemala Office for Guatemala
Lima Office for Peru
Mexico Office for Mexico
Port-au-Prince Office for Haiti
Brasilia Office for Brazil


Institutes

UNESCO International Institute for Higher Education in LAC (IESALC), Caracas, Venezuela


The Latin America and Caribbean region presented here follows the specific UNESCO definition which does not forcibly reflect geography. It refers to the execution of regional activities of the Organization.