What is 'CELAC' Exactly? The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) is a Latin American and Caribbean regional bloc. Caribbean states devised a plan on February 23, 2010, at the Rio Group-Caribbean. On December 3rd, 2011, in Caracas, Venezuela, the Declaration of Caracas was signed. It is made up of 33 sovereign countries in the Americas with a population of over a million people. The United States, the United Kingdom, France, and the Netherlands, on the oth