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The Latin America Region has competed in the Little League World Series since its creation in 1958. Until 2001, the Latin America Region included Mexico and the Caribbean. In 2001 – when the Little League World Series expanded to sixteen teams – Mexico and the Caribbean were given their own regions. The region is open to all Latin American teams, but is typically contested by the teams from Panama and Venezuela. Other than those two nations, only Colombia, Ecuador (in 2004 and 2011), and Brazil (in 2006 and 2011) have sent representatives to the tournament from South America. Since the 2001 split, the region has been represented by either Venezuela (ten appearances) or Panama (six appearances) at the Little League World Series.
Teams from Latin America have won the LLWS title five times, but only four were as the Latin America Region champion. The Industrial Little League of Monterrey, Mexico, won back-to-back titles in 1957 and 1958, but the first title was as the champion of the South Region. The other three LLWS championships were won by Guadalupe, Nuevo León, Mexico, in 1997, and Maracaibo, Venezuela, in 1994 and 2000.
Summary
As of the 2016 Little League World Series
Italics indicates team no longer competes in Latin America Region. Mexico now has its own region, while Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, and Curaçao compete in the Caribbean region.