ORDECA

ORDECA

Founded	July 15, 1972 (1972-07-15)
Regional affiliation	Central America

The Central American Sports Organization (acronym: ORDECA; Spanish: Organización Deportiva Centroamericana) is an international organization which represents the current 7 National Olympic Committees of the Central American region. It is affiliated with the Pan American Sports Organization.

It was established on 15 July 1972. It is recognised by the IOC whom approved its creation at the Congress of the XX Olympiad, held in Munich, Germany, in 1972.^[1]

The founding members were:

El Salvador
Honduras
Costa Rica
Panama
Guatemala

ORDECA is the governing body of the Central American Games.

The then President of Olympic Committee of Guatemala Luis Canella Gutiérrez, was elected the first President of ORDECA, as Vice President Carlos Vasquez, Panama, Secretary Ingrid Keller, of Guatemala, Alfonso Salmeron Treasurer of El Salvador and Rafael Barquero vocal, Costa Rica, and Mariano Perdomo Vallecillo, of Honduras.

References

↑ "ORDECA". colimdo.org. Retrieved 4 April 2012.

Pan American Sports Organization (PASO)

National Olympic Committees	Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Aruba Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda Bolivia Brazil British Virgin Islands Canada Cayman Islands Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad and Tobago United States U.S. Virgin Islands Uruguay Venezuela

Affiliated organizations	ODEBO (Bolivarian) CACSO (Central America and Caribbean) ODESUR (South America) ORDECA (Central America)

Associated competitions	Pan American Games Parapan American Games Winter Pan American Games Pan American Sports Festival

Affiliated competitions	Bolivarian Games Central American Games Central American and Caribbean Games South American Games

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