Latin Union

Latin Union Unió Llatina  (Catalan) Union Latine  (French) Unione Latina  (Italian) União Latina  (Portuguese) Uniunea Latină  (Romanian) Unión Latina  (Spanish)
Headquarters	Paris, France 48°46′N 2°11′E / 48.767°N 2.183°E / 48.767; 2.183
Official languages	Catalan French Italian Portuguese Romanian Spanish
Members	Catalan: Andorra French: Côte d'Ivoire · France · Haiti · Monaco · Senegal Italian: Italy · San Marino Portuguese: Angola · Brazil · Cape Verde · East Timor · Guinea-Bissau · Mozambique · Portugal · São Tomé and Príncipe Romanian: Moldova · Romania Spanish: Bolivia · Chile · Colombia · Costa Rica · Cuba · Dominican Republic · Ecuador · El Salvador · Guatemala · Honduras · Nicaragua · Panama · Paraguay · Peru · Philippines · Spain · Uruguay · Venezuela Observers: Argentina · Holy See · Mexico · Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Leaders
•  President of the Congress	Oleg Serebrian
• Secretary-General	José Luis Dicenta Ballester
Establishment	15 May 1954 in Madrid, Spain
Website www.unilat.org

The Latin Union is a defunct international organization of nations that use Romance languages, with the aim of protecting, projecting, and promoting the common cultural heritage of Latin peoples and unifying identities of the Latin, and Latin-influenced, world. It was created in 1954 in Madrid, Spain, and existed as a functional institution from 1983 to 2012. Its membership rose from 12 to 36 states, including countries in North America, South America, Europe, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific region.

The official names of the Latin Union are: Unió Llatina in Catalan, Union Latine in French, Unione Latina in Italian, União Latina in Portuguese, Uniunea Latină in Romanian, and Unión Latina in Spanish.

Due to financial difficulties, the Latin Union announced on 26 January 2012 the suspension of its activities, the dissolution of its Secretariat General (effective July 31, 2012) and termination of employment for all the organization's personnel.

According to the Latin Union's website, membership is open to any nation that meets the following criteria:

The official languages of the Latin Union are Catalan, French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, and Spanish. French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish are used as working languages. All the texts of general diffusion are translated into these four languages, with some also going into Romanian and Catalan.