Place and development prospects of CELAC in the processes of Latin American integration

The article is devoted to the history of cooperation between Latin Ameri can states within the framework of the largest integration associations in the region, CELAC. Particular attention is paid to the prospects for the development of the Commu nity at the present stage of international relations and its interaction with the political structure of the OAS. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the fact that for the first time in recent years, the article analyzes the mechanisms of functioning of CELAC and legal documents regulating the domestic and foreign policy activities of the block.