Caritas Latin America and Caribbean
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Caritas Latin America and Caribbean (Spanish: Cáritas América Latina y el Caribe; Portuguese: Cáritas América Latina e Caribe) is a network of Catholic nonprofit organisations active in Latin America and the Caribbean and one of the seven regions of the global Caritas Internationalis confederation.[1]
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Cáritas América Latina y el Caribe | |
Abbreviation | Cáritas LAC |
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Type | Nonprofit |
Location | |
Origins | Catholic Social Teaching |
Region served | Latin America and the Caribbean |
Fields | development aid, humanitarian aid, social services |
Official language | Spanish |
President | Gustavo Rodríguez Vega |
Parent organization | Caritas Internationalis |
Website | caritaslatinoamerica |
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Its name is used both for the regional secretariat and its network of 22 member organisations, but the secretariat is also known as Secretariado Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Caritas (SELACC).[2]