Centro Caribe Sports

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Centro Caribe Sports (formerly Central American and Caribbean Sports Organization (CACSO)) is a regional sports federation which oversees the Central American and Caribbean Games.[1] It is also known by its Spanish acronym ODECABE and/or its name in Spanish: Organización Deportiva Centroamericana y del Caribe.

Centro Caribe Sports
Formation1960
TypeContinental Sports Organization
Official language
English, Spanish, French
President
Dr. Luis Mejía Oviedo
Websitecentrocaribesports.org

Its member countries come from nations in Central America and the Caribbean region. It is affiliated to PASO, the Panam Sports.

Members

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Full members

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Nation Code National Olympic Committee
  Antigua and Barbuda ANT The Antigua and Barbuda Olympic Association
  Aruba ARU Aruban Olympic Committee
  Bahamas BAH Bahamas Olympic Association
  Barbados BAR Barbados Olympic Association
  Bermuda BER Bermuda Olympic Association
  Belize BIZ Belize Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association
  Cayman Islands CAY Cayman Islands Olympic Committee
  Colombia COL Colombian Olympic Committee
  Costa Rica CRC Costa Rican Olympic Committee
  Cuba CUB Cuban Olympic Committee
  Dominica DMA Dominica Olympic Committee
  Dominican Republic DOM Dominican Republic Olympic Committee
  El Salvador ESA El Salvador Olympic Committee
  Grenada GRN Grenada Olympic Committee
  Guatemala GUA Guatemalan Olympic Committee
  Guyana GUY Guyana Olympic Association
  Haiti HAI Haitian Olympic Committee
  Honduras HON Honduran Olympic Committee
  U.S. Virgin Islands ISV Virgin Islands Olympic Committee
  British Virgin Islands IVB British Virgin Islands Olympic Committee
  Jamaica JAM Jamaica Olympic Association
  Saint Lucia LCA Saint Lucia Olympic Committee
  Mexico MEX Mexican Olympic Committee
  Nicaragua NCA Nicaraguan Olympic Committee
  Panama PAN Panama Olympic Committee
  Puerto Rico PUR Puerto Rico Olympic Committee
  Saint Kitts and Nevis SKN St. Kitts and Nevis Olympic Committee
  Suriname SUR Suriname Olympic Committee
  Trinidad and Tobago TTO Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee
  Venezuela VEN Venezuelan Olympic Committee
  St. Vincent and the Grenadines VIN St. Vincent and the Grenadines National Olympic Committee

Associate Members

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Nation Code Type
  French Guiana GUF Associate member
  Martinique MTQ
  Guadeloupe GLP
  Sint Maarten SXM
  Turks and Caicos Islands TCA
  Curaçao CUW
  Bonaire BOE
  Montserrat MSR Non-member

Recent history

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Due to the suspension of the Guatemalan Olympic Committee in 2022,[2] Guatemala competed at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games under the Centro Caribe Sports flag.[3]

References

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  1. ^ (in Spanish) ODECABE website Archived 2012-09-09 at archive.today (www.odecabe.org); retrieved 2012-11-13.
  2. ^ Jensen Toussaint (18 October 2022). "Guatemala gets suspended by International Olympic Committee". Al Dia. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  3. ^ Viana, Diego (20 June 2023). "Atletas de Guatemala no podrán representar a su país en Juegos San Salvador 2023". La Prensa (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2023.