The Pan American Sports Organization (PASO) governs the Pan American Games, which are held every four years in the year before the Summer Olympic Games, and selects the host city for each Games through a vote of its 41-member National Olympic Committees. PASO, which is affiliated with the International Olympic Committee (IOC), also has an important sport development mission to promote, develop and celebrate sports in the Americas and the Caribbean.

 

PASO Member National Olympic Committees
41 countries and protectorates

 

3 North American members

• Canada
• Mexico
• United States of America

 

19 Caribbean members

• Antigua and Barbuda
• Barbados
• Cayman Islands
• Dominican Republic
• Jamaica
• Puerto Rico
• St. Vincent and The Grenadines

 

• Aruba
• Bermuda
• Cuba
• Grenada
• Saint Lucia
• Trinidad and Tobago

• Bahamas
• British Virgin Islands
• Dominica
• Haiti
• St. Kitts and Nevis
• Virgin Islands

 

7 Central American nations

• Belize
• Guatemala
• Panama

• Costa Rica
• Honduras

• El Salvador
• Nicaragua

 

12 South American members

• Argentina
• Chile
• Guyana
• Suriname

• Bolivia
• Colombia
• Paraguay
• Uruguay

• Brazil
• Ecuador
• Peru
• Venezuela