Interamerican Scout Region (World Organization of the Scout Movement): Difference between revisions

The '''Interamerican Region''' is the divisional office of the World Scout Bureau of the [[World Organization of the Scout Movement]], headquartered in [[Santiago, Chile]]. The InterAmerican Region services [[Scouting]] in the Western Hemisphere, both [[North America|North]] and [[South America]]. Until the 1960s, the Region serviced only Mexico, Central and South America, with Canada and the United States serviced through the then-named "Boy Scouts International Bureau" in [[Ottawa, Canada]]. Even today, the Interamerican Region exists more for the benefit of countries south of the [[Rio Grande]], as evidenced by the website being only in Spanish; consequently, the [[Boy Scouts of America|United States]] and [[Scouts Canada|Canada]] do not participate as vigorously in regional activities as do other national organizations around the world.

The headquarters of the InterAmerican Region has moved progressively southward since its inception, starting in [[Havana|Havana, Cuba]], from 1946 to 1960; moving briefly to [[Kingston, Jamaica]], in 1960; immediately relocating to [[Mexico City, Mexico]], between 1960 and 1968; then to [[San José, Costa Rica]], between 1968 and 1992; most recently relocating to [[Santiago, Chile]], from 1992 to the present.