The Rio Group does not have a secretariat or permanent body, and instead relies on yearly summits of heads of states.

The Rio Group did not create a secretariat or permanent body and instead chose to rely on yearly summits of heads of states.

Pérez also announced that he would not be attending the summit of the Rio Group of Latin American countries in Buenos Aires due to begin on Dec. 1.

The Rio Group, along with a special meeting of the Organization of American States, had condemned the coup attempt in a statement issued on Nov 27.

And leaders of the 19-nation Rio Group of Latin American nations condemned "the interruption of constitutional order" in Venezuela.

It has been present consistently in literature, revolutionary movements, and political institutions such as the Rio Group, Unasur, or the Ibero-American Summits.

Both countries are members of the Organization of American States, Organization of Ibero-American States and the Rio Group.

They also gave their backing to the reincorporation of Panama as a member of the Rio Group of Latin American states.

Panama is a member of the Organization of American States and was a founding member of the Rio Group.

With Paraguayans enjoying virtually all the civil freedoms of their neighbors, the nation was admitted last year into the Rio Group, a forum of Latin American democracies.