Year of foundation: 1964
Number of countries – 23
Number of deputies – 276 (the parliament of each country has 12 representatives with voting rights in PARLATINO)
Constituent documents – Statutes of the Latin American Parliament and Rules of Procedure
The highest body is the Assembly of the Latin American Parliament (session convened once a year)
Structure – Governing Council, Presidium (elected for 2 years), standing committees, General Secretariat
Headquarters is located in Panama City (Republic of Panama)
Since June 14, 2019, the Chairman of PARLATINO is Jorge Esteban Pizarro SOTO (Republic of Chile).
Status of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation – guest of honor (since 2013)
On November 14, 2013, Chairman of the State Duma S.E. Naryshkin, Chairman of the Federation Council V.I. Matvienko and Chairman of the Latin American Parliament E.A. Castillo Gonzalez signed a Cooperation Agreement between the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation and the Latin American Parliament
Currently, a proposal to create a Commission “State Duma – PARLATINO” is being worked out with the leadership of the Latin American Parliament.
Supervising Deputy Chairman of the State Duma – I.I.Melnikov
Delegations of the State Duma took part in the sessions of the General Assembly of PARLATINO in October 2013, December 2016, November 2017.