THE ORGANIZATION
 
OLADE was created within the context of the international energy crisis of the early seventies, whose scope and impact was analyzed by the  Latin America and the Caribbean countries, which lacked energy policies and facing the need to adequately address this crisis began a intense political mobilization process that came to an end on November 2, 1973 with the signing of the Lima Agreement, the constituent instrument of the Organization, ratified by 26 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean:

South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela

The Caribbean: Barbados, Cuba, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago, Dominican Republic and Suriname

Central and North America: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and Mexico.