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The members of the Regional Committee analyzed 35 eligible applications from 14 countries (Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay and Venezuela), approving a total of 27 new inscriptions that will be added to the MoWLAC Registry in 2024. 

The Memory of the World programme was set up by UNESCO in 1992 in order to promote the preservation and access to documentary heritage worldwide. Various factors, such as lack of resources, looting, natural disasters, wars and illegal trade, make documentary heritage susceptible to destruction or loss, threatening its preservation for the benefit of humanity. 

The Programme is implemented through a system of committees and support mechanisms operating at national, regional and international levels. 

The Regional Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean of the Memory of the World Programme (MoWLAC) was established in 2000, with the objective of promoting the documentary heritage that has had an important historical significance in the region. 

In 2002, MoWLAC approved the first nominations to the Regional Register and since then a total of 260 documentary heritage inscriptions by archives, libraries or museums have been recognized as memory of the world in the region. 

New inscriptions in the Memory of the World Regional Register (Latin America and the Caribbean)

Argentina – Collection of the Imprenta de Niños Expósitos. Mariano Moreno National Library – 
The collection comprises approximately 524 documents, including books and bound archival material from the late 19th century to the mid-20th century. The Foundlings' Press is an integral part of the visual and everyday history of a colonial and later independent "Argentina." The press and the printed materials produced from it are both witnesses to and protagonists of the political and cultural transformation not only of Argentina but also of the Southern Cone. This press was the first to have continuity over time, preceding the establishment of printing presses in neighboring countries. 

Argentina – Carlos González Gartland Fond. National Memory Archive – 
This fond gathers documents produced and compiled by Carlos González Gartland during his years of exile in Mexico between 1976 and 1984. González Gartland, was a lawyer who defended political prisoners since the 1960s and founder of the Argentine Commission for Human Rights (CADHU) in 1976, that same year he went on exile after the kidnapping and disappearance of two other members of the Commission. With the restoration of democracy, he returned from exile in 1984, bringing with him the documents that recorded his activity. 

Argentina – The Jose M. Pichi Meisegeir, S.J. Collection. Carlos Francisco Mugica Archive, 1966-1983 – 2024 Addendum to the 2010 registration. Universidad Católica de Córdoba y Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires – 
The collections housed in the two applicant universities represent an important documentary reservoir on a religious, social and political movement of great relevance for the Argentine history of the 20th century: the Movement of Priests for the Third World (MSTM). Of varying scope and mostly produced during the last two military dictatorships (1966-1983), they give an account of the organization and functioning of the priestly groups and the Catholic rural movements in Argentina.

Bolivia – Census of Foreigners (1935-1959) from the Archive of La Paz – 
The documentary series: Census of Foreigners is part of the fund of the Ministry of Interior, Migration and Justice within the Archives of La Paz. It is an invaluable documentary material in text and pictures on the entry of people, men, women and children (immersed in adult files), of multiple origins and from different continents to Bolivia between 1933 and 1995. This collection allows researchers from all over the world to approach individual stories and those of different communities, to understand the causes and keys of migration. 

Bolivia – Gabriel René Moreno's Collection of Mojos and Chiquitos (1758-1888). National Archive and Library – 
The Mojos Plains, in the current Bolivian Amazon, and the Chiquitos area, in the eastern part of the country, are known for having been the scenario in which, from the end of the 17th century until 1767, the year of their expulsion, missions of the Society of Jesus were established. The missions of Mojos belonged to the Jesuit province of Peru, and those of Chiquitos to the Paraguayan province. Gabriel René Moreno was an archivist who formed this collection whose dates are from the expulsion of the Jesuits until the founding of the Bolivian Republic 

Bolivia – File about the forced transfer of Indians from Puno to the Imperial Villa of Potosí for the Work in Mines and Mining Mills (1745). National Mint – 
The document describes the displacement of 83 people (men, women and children), from the intendence of Puno, today Peru, to the city of Potosí, today Bolivia, to comply with the mining mita. This file is essential for understanding the economic history and social transformation of the Andes and reflects how the forced relocation of indigenous people for labor in the mines significantly impacted the demographics and social life of their communities. 

Bolivia – Treatise on Quinology (1638-1792). Plurinational Cultural Center – 
The book “Quinología o tratado del árbol de la quina o cascarilla” by Hipólito Ruiz López, published in 1792, is a fundamental work in botany and medicine. It addresses the study of the quinine tree, botanically known as “Cinchona”, and focuses on the description of various quinine species discovered in the Viceroyalty of Peru in the 18th century. The book includes the methods used by the indigenous people of the Andes Mountains and the Jesuits of La Paz (Bolivia), as well as the community of Loxa (Ecuador). 

Bolivia – Impartial Manifesto of the Revolution that occurred in the city of Chiquisaca on Thursday, May 25th, 1809, written in the form of a diary. Museum House of Liberty – 
This anonymous Diary, was written by a cult member of the absolutist elite during the beginning of the War of Independence. It narrates the revolution of May 25th, 1809 in La Plata (today Sucre, capital of the Plurinational State of Bolivia) referring to places located in the current territories of Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, and Argentina. This Diary reveals the internal struggles between those who supported Fernando VII and the followers of his sister, Carlota Joaquina, princess of Portugal. 

Bolivia – Spanish Moseteno and Moseteno Spanish dictionary. Covendo, 1874 (anonymous). National Museum of Ethnography and Folklore – 
This Anonymous ethnolinguistic dictionary from 1874 was prepared in Covendo (Bolivia) for teaching, arts, crafts and evangelization in the Moseten indigenous language. The work was probably prepared by Benigno Biboloti (Italian) (1885-1868?) or Nicolás Armentia (Spanish), (1873-1880), both missioners with a presence in Covendo, whose dictionaries on Moseten were published in 1917 and 1903 respectively. 

Bolivia – Political Archive of Miguel Alandia Pantoja (1936 – 1979). National Museum of Art, branch of the Central Bank’s Cultural Foundation – 
Miguel Alandia Pantoja, militant of the Partido Obrero Revolucionario of Trotskyist ideology, was a painter who portrayed the subaltern struggles of the 20th Century in Bolivia and documented his artistic, political and social career in an invaluable Political Archive, which refers to the time when the elites at the service of the oligarchy controlled the economy and the political administration of the country. 

Bolivia – Academia Carolina (1778-1941). San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca University – 
The fond consists of 541 manuscripts produced by the Academia Carolina, created in 1776 in La Plata (today Sucre) as a response of the enlightened intelligentsia of the time to improve the legal practice of those who studied at the San Francisco Xavier University of Chuquisaca. Due to the quality and innovative nature of the education it provided, it became into one of the most important institutions for legal studies in the Río de la Plata.

Brazil – Black presence in the Archive: Luiz Gama, articulator of freedom (1830-1882). Public Archive of the State of Sao Paolo – 
The central figure in the activities described in the documents is the abolitionist lawyer Luiz Gama, who worked to secure the release of illegally enslaved people, as well as to raise funds to purchase the freedom of those whose illegal enslavement could not be proven. The documentation highlights the existence of quilombos in the city of São Paulo and the role of the enslaved and free black population in the creation and maintenance of the city 

Brazil – Minutes of the Montepio Geral de Economia dos Servidores do Estado, now MAG Seguros – The beginning of Social Security - 1835 – 
The proposed heritage is the collection of the minutes (handwritten) of the board meetings of the Montepio dos Servidores do Estado from 1835 to 1977. The Montepio Geral de Economia dos Servidores do Estado was the first Brazilian social security institution, practically official in nature and legally organized by a Minister of State. Its creation followed a decree from the Regency that governed the country on behalf of the young Pedro, successor of Pedro I.

Chile – Fond Rudolph Amandus Philippi (1808-1904). Austral University of Chile – 
documentary fond associated with the public and private life of Rudolph Amandus Philippi, the most prolific and important scientist of the 19th century in Chile. This documentary heritage is the most complete and complex set of documents known about the naturalist. The documentary fond covers a wide range of documents, such as diaries, correspondence, travel diaries, watercolors, sketches, lithographs, scientific descriptions, notes, reports, and essays.

Colombia – Women and the Struggle for Their Rights. National Archives – 
This documentary heritage chronicles women’s resistance in reclaiming their rights to political participation, abortion, sexual and reproductive rights, and economic, social, and cultural rights. It also emphasizes efforts to eliminate gender violence in Colombia and Latin America from 1944 to 2021. The collection includes, among others, documents from the National Network Woman and the Political Constitution, which contributed to the drafting of Colombia’s 1991 Constitution. 

Colombia – Archive and Bibliographic Collection of Documentary Material of the Internal Armed Conflict in Custody of the Human Rights Directorate of the National Center for Historical Memory – 
This material brings together collections from various sources and territories on the causes, events, actors, resistances, dialogues, and peace processes. The mentioned sources include a) national governmental bodies; b) local organizations and communities of various populations, such as organizations acting as guarantors of the rights of victims of the internal armed conflict; and c) natural and legal persons who serve as evidence of the events.

Cuba – Recipe Settlement Books. Pharmaceutical Museum of Matanzas – 
The Pharmaceutical Museum of Matanzas safeguards the only original and complete French Pharmacy from the end of the 19th century in the world. Its funds and collections have an exceptional character of extraordinary heritage value. Among them is the documentary collection Recipe Settlement Books, made up of 61 volumes, with more than half a million formulas prepared in the San Rafael Pharmacies (1873 - 1880), Nuestra Señora de Regla (1880 - 1883) and La Francesa (1882 - 1964) in Matanzas, Cuba.

Jamaica – Thomas Thistlewood Papers (1748–1786). The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University and The University of the West Indies Library, Mona Campus – 
These records are a unique perspective into occurrences of the social, political, economic and meteorological history of 18th century Jamaica. Thomas Thistlewood, an Englishman, worked as a cattle pen overseer in St. Elizabeth, Jamaica and later became a property owner in Westmoreland, Jamaica for over thirty years. His commonplace journals are considered a unique record of day-to-day life on a working plantation in the British West Indies.

Mexico – “Preservación de la memoria lingüística. Manuscritos en lenguas indígenas extintas resguardados en la Biblioteca Nacional” – 
The proposed documentary set is made up of two manuscripts books made in the colonial period, on seventeenth-and eighteenth centuries, and are preserved in the National Library of Mexico. Both registered texts in indigenous languages that became extinct in historical stages after the elaboration of the document, so that the surviving copies are considered as a safeguard of the original linguistic memory of Mexico and the Latin American and Caribbean region. 

Mexico – The Dr. Alfredo Dugès Collection. University of Guanajuato – 
The University of Guanajuato was founded 292 years ago and preserves this invaluable collection of the French-Mexican Alfred Auguste Delsescantz Dugès (Montpellier, France 1826 – Guanajuato, México 1910), who is considered the father of Mexican herpetology and acarology. He dedicated most of his life to the study of nature. The collection is comprised of scientific illustrationss and more than 262 publications about Natural Sciences and Medicine.

Nicaragua – Collection "Filmography of the Sandinista Popular Revolution 1978- 1985". National Film Archive of the National Cinematheque – 
This collection, stored in the National Film Archive of the National Cinematheque, was produced by the Nicaraguan Film Institute (INCINE) after the triumph of the Sandinista Popular Revolution in July 1979.

Paraguay – Documents in Guaraní of the National Archive (1770-1813). National Archive of Paraguay – 
This collection expresses how the Guaraní of the old Jesuit reductions, after their expulsion, used writing in the Guaraní language for political purposes, changing its usual use that referred to evangelization. The documentation provides evidence of how the Guaraní language fought to survive, demonstrating its vitality and viability as a technique and instrument of communication in the modern world.

Peru – The origins of Pisco, manuscripts of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. National Archives – 
These manuscripts, dating from 1587 to 1613 are protocols that include public deeds on the beginnings, growth, and development of vine cultivation in the vineyards; the production and trade of wine and brandy through companies, pulperías and stores. The wine and brandy were transported from the port of Pisco to other ports such as Callao, Arica and others internationally. The product later was called pisco or grape brandy until it reached its current name of Pisco, known worldwide. 

Peru – Official Gazette “El Peruano”, by Editora Peru. Period: from second semester of 1868 until 1900. 2024 Addendum to the 2022 registration – 
The Official Gazette El Peruano collection is dated from the second semester of 1868 until 1900. With 54 volumes, it belongs to Editora �ʱ��ú company, is one of the most complete collections safeguarded in the country and contributes through its invaluable content to the understanding and preservation of the history and culture of a large part of the 19th century. It is also an authentic source, representative in a national, regional and international context.

Trinidad & Tobago – The Machel Montano Collection (1983-2024). Elizabeth Montano Xtatic Limited – 
This collection documents the Carnival music and entertainment career of Machel Montano, proclaimed "The Caribbean Music Ambassador" in 2008, who was born November 24, 1974. The Machel Montano Collection is a 40-year record of the transition of Calypso music into the Soca genre. The collection comprises record Albums, Newspaper and Magazine clippings, Films, Music Videos, Costumes, trophies (local, regional and international), books, photographs, certificates and proclamations.

Uruguay – Gerardo Matos Rodriguez Documentary Collection (18/03/1897–25/04/1948). Museum and Documentation Center of AGADU (MCD) – 
The Collection consists of nearly 4,000 documents from the personal archive of Gerardo Matos Rodriguez, Uruguayan author of the tango "La Cumparsita" and other 70 works. It is a unique archive that preserves the heritage of the author of the most important tango and also reveals the social and cultural history of his time, as well as his struggle in defense of his author rights.

Venezuela – Documentary Collection “Illustrious Heroes of the South American Independence”, 1810-1893. National Archives – 
This collection is made up of 4,486 files of national and foreign heroes who fought in the independence struggle with the patriotic army. These records, received and compiled from 1810 to 1893, gather testimonial data from thousands of soldiers who presented them as endorsement of their plea to the Monte Pío Militar (a charity fund attached to the Ministry of War and Navy of Venezuela).