The Guatemalan Foreign Ministry reaffirmed on X its commitment to integration, development, and the common good through dialogue, cooperation, and solidarity.

The foreign ministers of the 22 countries that make up the region agreed in November 2019 to commemorate this date, and it was first observed the following year.

The Guadalajara Declaration was signed in Mexico on July 19, 1991, when the heads of State and Government of the Latin American nations, Spain, and Portugal met at a summit, which gave rise to the Ibero-American Community.

The leading objective of the day, as the members recognized, is to value and highlight all that unites them.

The Ibero-American Community encompasses more than 600 million people, with shared identity and culture, as well as history, traditions, and linguistic richness (primarily Spanish and Portuguese) connecting two continents.

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