CELAC is the result of several multilateral bodies established by Latin American countries to seek peace, socio-economic development and integration region-wide. It was created in February 2010 at a meeting of the CALC, in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo - Mexico. Subsequently, at the Summit of Caracas - Venezuela, December 2011, it was definitively established as CELAC.

CELAC is an instrument to implement and strengthen regional participation in multilateral negotiation processes, extra-regional cooperation, and political dialogue towards the different challenges of the current economic, social and political system aiming at an equitable development.