Centros Binacionales del Mundo

Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs


OFFICE OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROGRAMS
Binational Centers
Binational Centers are autonomous, foreign institutions dedicated to the promotion of mutual understanding between the host country and the United States. English teaching is usually a major component of their cultural, educational, and information activities. Binational Centers often work in close cooperation with American Embassies overseas but are independent in their financial and administrative management.
Central/South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela

American Republics
Argentina

Bolivia
  • Centro Boliviano Americano (CBA)
    Calle 25 de Mayo N-0365 (Street Address)
    Casilla 1399 (Mailing Address)
    COCHABAMBA, Bolivia
    Director: Maria Julia Suarez
    Telephone: (5914) 425-1225, 422-1288, 422-2518
    Fax: (5914) 411-6406
    E-mail: cba@cbacoch.org
  • Centro Boliviano Americano, Fundación Cultural y Educativa La Paz
    Parque Zenon Iturralde No. 121 (Street Address)
    Casilla 12024 (Mailing Address)
    LA PAZ, Bolivia
    Executive Director: Lorna Prudencio
    Telephone: (5912) 43-0107, 43-1446, 43-1379
    Branch Telephones:
    Calacoto: (5912) 79-2554
    Gran Poder: (5912) 45-1070
    Fax: (591-2) 431342
    E-mail: cbalp@caoba.entelnet.bo
  • Centro Boliviano Americano
    Calle Cochabamba No. 66 (Street Address)
    Casilla 510 (Mailing Address)
    SANTA CRUZ de la Sierra, Bolivia
    Director: Mr. Luis Alberto Gamarra
    Telephone: (591-3) 334-2299
    Fax: (591-3) 335-0188
    E-mail: cbascz@cotas.com.bo
    Centro Boliviano Americano - Tarija 
    Executive Directo: Mrs. Silvia España
    E-mail: cba_tja@olivo.tja.entelnet.bo
  • Fundación Educativa y Cultural Centro Boliviano Americano Sucre (CBA)
    Calle Calvo No. 331 (Street Address)
    Casilla No. 380 (Mailing Address)
    SUCRE, Chuquisaca, Bolivia
    Director: Mery de Solares
    Telephone: (591-64) 41608
    Fax: (59169) 12040
    E-mail: cba@mara.scr.entelnet.bo

Brazil
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Chile

Colombia
  • Centro Colombo Americano
    Avenida Bolívar # 1-55
    Apartado 2216
    ARMENIA, Colombia
    Director: Yolanda de Toro
    Telephone: (57-6) 746-3588/3717
    Fax: (57-6) 745-7810
    e-mail: direccion@bncarmenia.com, colomboa@epm.net.co, library@bncarmenia.com
  • Centro Cultural Colombo Americano
    Carrera 43 # 51-95
    Apartado 2097
    BARRANQUILLA, Colombia
    Director: Edward G. McGrath
    Telephone: (57-5) 340-8094/8549, 351-9988, 370-3155, 379-3949/3951
    Fax: (57-5) 340-8549, 379-3949
    e-mail: colomboamericano@caribemovil.com
  • Centro Colombo Americano
    Calle 19 # 2-49
    Apartado 3815
    BOGOTA, Colombia
    Director: Nancy de Cortés
    Telephone: (57-1) 344-3880, 334-7640, 342-1758, 243-3738
    Fax: (57-1) 282-3372, 334-7642
    e-mail: ncortes@colombobogota.edu.co
  • Centro Colombo Americano (North Branch)
    Calle 109A # 17-10
    BOGOTA, Colombia
    Coordinator: Josephine Taylor
    Telephone: (57-1) 275-5052
    Fax: (57-1) 520-7636
  • Centro Colombo Americano
    Carrera 22 # 37-74
    Apartado 466
    BUCARAMANGA, Colombia
    Director: Ramón Zárate
    Telephone:(57-7) 632-5234, 635-2579/2908, 645-7816
    Fax: (57-7) 645-3374
    e-mail: ccolombo@colombobucaramanga.edu.co
  • Centro Colombo Americano
    Calle 13-N # 8-45
    Apartado 4525
    CALI, Colombia
    Director: JoEllen Simpson
    Telephone: (57-2) 667-3539, 667-6849, 668-1922
    Fax: (57-2) 668-4695
    e-mail: direcciongeneral@uniweb.net.co
  • Centro Colombo Americano (South Branch)
    Carrera 53 # 10A-56
    CALI, Colombia
    Director: Martha Cecilia Orobio
    Telephone: (57-2) 339-0019/6153
    Fax: (57-2) 330-6778
  • Centro Colombo Americano (Buga Branch)
    Carrera 13 # 4-33
    BUGA, Colombia
    Coordinator: Laura Pilcher de Escobar
    Telephone: (57-2) 227-7074
    Fax: (57-2) 227-8387
    e-mail: laura99@uniweb.net.co
  • Centro Colombo Americano
    Calle de la Factoría # 36-27
    Apartado Aéreo 2831
    CARTAGENA, Colombia
    Director: Mario Ramos
    Telephone: (57-5) 664-4887/664-0395/664-1714
    Fax: (57-5) 660-0415
    e-mail: mramos@colombocartagena.com
  • Centro Colombo Americano (Alameda-La Victoria Branch)
    Sector Bomba del Amparo, Manzana 37, Lote 10
    CARTAGENA, Colombia
    Director: Hilda Cueto
    Telephone: (57-5) 661-1499, 663-4251
  • Centro Colombo Americano (Bocagrande Branch)
    Carrera 5 # 6-84
    BOCAGRANDE, Colombia
    Telephone: (575) 665-1562, 665-6308
    Fax: (575) 665-1562
  • Centro Colombo Americano
    Carrera 24-B # 61A-50
    Barrio La Estrella
    Apartado 391
    MANIZALES, Colombia
    Director: Clara Lucía López de Estrada
    Telephone: (576) 881-1525, 881-0701
    Fax: (576) 881-0701
    e-mail: director@colombomanizales.com
  • Centro Colombo Americano (Branch)
    Calle 62 # 24B-50
    MANIZALES, Colombia
    Telephone: (576) 886-1657/2597
    Carrera 45 # 53-24
    Apartado 8734
    MEDELLIN, Colombia
    Director: John Schober
    Telephone: (57-4) 513-4444
    Fax: (57-4) 513-2666
    e-mail: info@colomboworld.com
  • Centro Colombo Americano
    Carrera 6 # 22-12
    Apartado 8734
    PEREIRA, Colombia
    Academic Director: Luz Marina Velásquez
    Telephone: 576) 325-4032, 336-1454
    Fax: (576) 335-4291
    e-mail: diracademico@colombopereira.com
  • Centro Colombo Americano (Branch)
    Carrera 12-Bis # 12-06
    PEREIRA, Colombia
    Secretary: Liliana Betancourt
    Telephone: (57-6) 333-9946
    Fax: (57-6) 335-4291

Costa Rica
  • Centro Cultural Costarricense Norteamericano (CCCN)
    Street Address: Calle 39, Los Negritos, San Pedro de Montes de Oca, SAN
    JOSE, Costa Rica
    Mailing Address: Apartado 1489-1000, SAN JOSE, Costa Rica
    Board President: Alvaro Batalla González
    Executive Director: Amelia Carballo
    Telephone: (506) 207-7513
    Fax: (506) 224-1480
    E-mail: direc@cccncr.com

Dominican Republic
  • Centro Cultural Dominico-Americano
    Avenida Salvador Estrella Sahdala, La Rinconada
    SANTIAGO DE LOS CABALLEROS, Dominican Republic
    Board President: Federico Carlos Alvarez
    Executive Director: Donald C. McLean
    Telephone: (809) 582-6627, 587-6585
    Fax: (809) 587-3858
    E-mail: d.mclean@codetel.net.do
  • Centro Cultural Dominico-Americano
    Avenida Abraham Lincoln No. 21
    SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic
    Board President: Elizabeth de Windt
    Telephone: (809) 533-4191/533-4277
    Fax: (809) 533-8809

Ecuador

  • Centro Ecuatoriano Norteamericano Abraham Lincoln
    Street Address: Borrero 5-18, Cuenca
    Mailing Address: P.O. Box 01.01.1939
    CUENCA, Ecuador
    Director: Richard Boroto
    Telephone: (5937) 823-898
    Fax: (5937) 841-737
    E-mail: rboroto@yahoo.com
  • Centro Ecuatoriano Norteamericano de Guayaquil (CEN)
    Street Address: Luis Urdaneta 112 y Gral. Cordova, Guayaquil
    Mailing Address: Apartado Postal 5717
    GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador
    Director: Susana Cepeda
    Telephone: (5934) 564-509, 564-536, 568-002
    Fax: (5934) 568-001
    E-mail: susana@cen.org.ec

    Guatemala

    Haiti
    • Institut Haitiano-Americain
      PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti
      U.S. mailing address:
      American Embassy Port Au Prince
      Department of State
      Washington, D.C. 20521-3400
      Director: Eleanor Snare
      Telephone: (509) 22-3715/22-2947
      Fax: (509) 23-8324 (c/o USIS)

    Honduras
    • Centro Cultural Sampedrano (CCS)
      4 ave. 3 y 4 clle. S.O., Barrio El Centro
      SAN PEDRO SULA, Cortes, Honduras
      Director: Kathy Sosa
      Telephone: (504) 557-2084 553-3768, 553-3911
      Fax: (504) 557-8804
      Email: ksosa@netsys.hn
    • Instituto Hondureno de Cultura Interamericana (IHCI)
      Street Address: 2 Avenida, 5-6 Calle, No. 520, COMAYAGUELA
      Mailing Address: P. O. Box 201, TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras
      Director: Rosario Elena Cordova
      Telephone: (504) 220-1393, 237-7539
      Fax: (504) 238-0064
      Email: ihci@itsnetworks.net

    Mexico
    • Instituto Cultural Mexicano-Norteamericano de Jalisco
      Av. Enrique Diaz de Leon Sur #300
      44100 GUADALAJARA, Jalisco, Mexico
      Executive Director: David Thompson
      Telephone: (91-3) 825-5838/5666/5959/4101
      Fax: (91-3) 825-1671
      Email: instcultmex@megared.net.mx
    • Instituto Mexicano Americano de Relaciones Culturales
      Blvd. Navarrete y Monteverde
      HERMOSILLO, Sonora, Mexico
      Executive Director: Guadalupe Pettet
      Telephone: (52621) 4-0781
    • Instituto Franklin de Yucatán
      Calle 57, No. 474-A
      97000 MERIDA, Yucatán, Mexico
      Executive Director: Guillermo Valés
      Telephone: (529) 927-6985
      Fax: (529) 928-6005
      E-mail: franklin@finred.com.mx
    • Centro Mexicano Americano de Relaciones Culturales, A.C. (CEMARC)
      Xola No. 416, Col del Valle
      C.P. 03100 MEXICO, D.F., Mexico
      Executive Director: Paul D. Williams Huster
      Telephone: (52) 5536-5520-23
      Fax: (52) 5536-1467
      E-mail: direccion@cemarc.edu.mx
    • Instituto Mexicano-Norteamericano de Relaciones Culturales de Nuevo León
      Hidalgo No. 768 Pte.
      64000 MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
      Executive Director: Susan Bryan
      Telephone: (528) 340-1583, 84, 85, 86, 87
      Fax: (528) 345-1988
      Email: bibbfran@intercable.net
    • Instituto Cultural Mexicano-Norteamericano de Michoacán, A. C.
      Guillermo Prieto 86
      58000 MORELIA, Michoacan, Mexico
      Executive Director: Enrique Castro Ochoa
      Telephone: (5243) 12-1986, 12-4112
      Fax: (5243) 12-5153
    • Instituto Mexicano-Norteamericano de Relaciones Culturales
      P. Cardenas No. 840 Pte. y Purceli
      25000 SALTILLO, Coahuila, Mexico
      Executive Director: Gayle Yondorf
      Telephone: (5284) 14-8422
      Fax: (5284) 12-0653
    • Instituto Mexicano Norteamericano de Relaciones Culturales Anahuac
      Jose Santos Chocano #606
      Col. Anahuac
      66450 SAN NICOLAS DE LOS GARZA, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
      Executive Director: Marcela Montemayor
      Telephone: (528) 376-7692, 376-7914
      Fax: (528) 376-5187
      Instituto Franklin de Veracruz
      Azueta 1229 & Diáz Mirón
      VERACRUZ, Veracruz, Mexico
      Executive Director: Luis Weller
      Telephone: (5229) 31-5736

    Nicaragua
    • Centro Cultural Nicaraguense-NorteAmericano
      Street Address: Centro Comercial Nejapa
      Mailing Address: Apartado Postal P-229
      Managua, Nicaragua
      Executive Director: Diego Delgadillo
      Telephone: (505) 265-3058, 265-2742
      Fax: (505) 265-2727
      Email: ccnn@ccnn.org.ni

    Panama
    • Centro PanUSA
      Street Address: Edificio No. 803, Albrook
      Mailing Address: P. O. Box 4581
      PANAMA 5, Republic of Panamá
      Executive Director: Marisol Choy de Gutiérrez
      Telephone: (507) 315-1184/1185/1186/1187
      Fax: (507) 315-1183
      Email: panusadirex@cwpanama.net (Director), pan_usa@cwpanama.net

    Paraguay
    • Centro Cultural Paraguayo Americano (CCPA)
      España 352
      ASUNCION, Paraguay
      Executive Director: Peter Jones
      Telephone: (59521) 22-4831, 22-4772, 22-6133
      Fax: (59521) 21-4544
      Email: ccpa@ccpa.edu.py
      Centro Cultural Paraguayo-Americano
      Coronel Bogado 315 Esq. Curupayty
      VILLARRICA, Paraguay
      Director: Lidia Sarubbi de Hoge
      Telephone: (59-5) 541-2307

    Peru

    Uruguay
    • Alianza Cultural Uruguay-Estados Unidos de America
      Calle Paraguay 1217
      Canelones 1069
      MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay
      U.S. mailing address:
      Amembassy Montevideo
      Unit 4505
      APO AA 34035
      Director: Maria Blanco Pate
      Telephone: (5982) 902-5160/61/62 or 900-2721/22 or 902-8364/65
      Fax: (5982) 920-5165

    Venezuela