ABSTRACT
The governance of sport across Latin America has been traditionally led and influenced by local governments’ efforts as well as international non-governmental organisations. Examples of these organisations include the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) and a number of other regional sport governing bodies affiliated with FIFA and the IOC that operate in the region. Some of these regional organisations are the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL), the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF), the Pan American Sport Organisation (PASO), the Caribbean Association of National Olympic Committees (CANOC), the Central American and Caribbean Sport Organisations (CACSO) and the South American Sports Organisation (ODESUR), to name a few. Moreover, efforts to facilitate intergovernmental dialogue across nations in matters related to sport also led to the creation of organisations such the Ibero-American Sports Council (CID) and the Confederation of South American Sports (CONSUDE). In the Caribbean, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), a sub-regional association whose main focus is economic development, has also served as a platform to discuss issues related to sport among countries in the Caribbean (Bravo & Parrish, 2019).
