Official Delegations to the First Summit of the Americas
Heads of State and Government
Antigua and Barbuda
Lester Bryant Bird
Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Carlos Menem
President of the Republic of Argentina
Bahamas
Hubert Alexander Ingraham
Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas
Barbados
Owen Seymor Arthur
Prime Minister of Barbados and President of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
Belize
Manuel Esquivel
Prime Minister of Belize
Bolivia
Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada
President of the Republic of Bolivia
Brazil
Itamar Franco
President of the Federative Republic of Brazil
Fernando Henrique Cardoso
President elect of the Federative Republic of Brazil
Canada
Jean Chrétien
Prime Minister of Canada
Chile
Eduardo Frei
President of the Republic of Chile
Colombia
Ernesto Samper
President of the Republic of Colombia
Costa Rica
Jose Maria Figueres
President of the Republic of Costa Rica
Dominica
Eugenia Charles
Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Dominica
Dominican Republic
Joaquin Balaguer
President of the Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Sixto Duran Ballén
President of the Republic of Ecuador
El Salvador
Armando Calderón Sol
President of the Republic of El Salvador
Grenada
Nicholas Brathwaite
Prime Minister of Grenada
Guatemala
Ramiro de León Carpio
President of the Republic of Guatemala
Guyana
Cheddi Jagan
President of the Republic of Guyana
Haiti
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
President of the Republic of Haiti
Honduras
Carlos Roberto Reina
President of the Republic of Honduras
Jamaica
Percival James Patterson
Prime Minister of Jamaica
México
Ernesto Zedillo
President of the United Mexican States
Nicaragua
Violeta Chamorro
President of the Republic of Nicaragua
Panamá
Ernesto Perez Balladares
President of the Republic of Panama
Paraguay
Juan Carlos Wasmosy
President of the Republic of Paraguay
Peru
Alberto Fujimori
President of the Republic of Peru
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Kennedy Simmonds
Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
John Compton
Prime Minister of Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
James Mitchell
Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
Ronald Venetiaan
President of the Republic of Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
Patrick Manning
Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
United States of America
William J. Clinton
President of the United States of America
Uruguay
Luis Alberto Lacalle
President of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay
Venezuela
Rafael Caldera
President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Heads of Partner Institutions
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
Dr. José Antonio Ocampo
Executive Secretary
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Dr Enrique Iglesias
President
Organization of American States (OAS)
Cesar Gaviria
Secretary General
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
Dr. George Alleyne
Director
World Bank
Mr. James D. Wolfensohn
President