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Organization of American States (OAS)

Formed in April of 1948 as an inter-American relations entity, OAS does maintain some security and intelligence functions which derive from the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance of 1947(the Rio Treaty), asserting common hemishpheral defense and intelligence cooperation.

Members of OAS include:
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
The Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Bolivia
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Dominca
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Grenada
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
United States
Venezuela