The following is excerpted from a 25 April 2012 report by the World Customs Organization.
At the invitation of Director General Enrique Canon of Uruguay Customs, WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya participated in the 2012 Conference of Directors General of Customs from the Americas and Caribbean region held in Punta del Este, Uruguay from 23-25 April 2012. The Conference was chaired by acting Director General Alejandro Gonzalez Portocarrero of Guatemala Customs in his capacity as WCO Vice-Chair for the region.
This report is available in its entirety at:
http://www.wcoomd.org/reports/?v=1&lid=1&cid=2&id=369