HISTORICAL REVIEW

 

The Conference of Defense Ministers of the Americas was created in 1995 with the aim of becoming a discussion forum for the exchange of experiences between Defense Ministers of the Americas attending the first conference thirty four countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominica, Ecuador, El Salvador, United States, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua , Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay and Venezuela.