Union Latino Americana
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Union Latino Americana (ULA) was the short existing Pan American Governing body of Hispanic fraternities created in the early 20th century. The ULA was established in 1932, during a convention of Phi Iota Alpha in the City of New York.[1]
The ULA organized Latin America into 22 zones. Each of the 21 Latin American countries constituted a zone. The 22nd zone was represented by the United States. The ULA, was a framework for the implementation of Pan-American ideology. All the zones were bonded by the same constitution and internal rules and regulations. On September 30, 1934 Sigma Delta Alpha, a fraternity established on the island of Puerto Rico joined the Union. It was renamed Phi Sigma Alpha. By 1937, the ULA had several well-established and functional zones including:
- ΦIA - Phi Iota Alpha in
United States - ΦKA - Phi Kappa Alpha[2] in
Cuba - ΦΣA - Phi Sigma Alpha[2] in
Puerto Rico - ΦTA - Phi Tau Alpha in
Mexico
In September 1939, the Phi Sigma Alpha zone decided to separate from the ULA and eventually, to form Phi Sigma Alpha Fraternity of Puerto Rico.[3] The ULA dissolved shortly after.
Footnotes
- ↑ Johnson, Clyde Sanfred (1972). Fraternities in our colleges. New York, New York: National Interfraternity Foundation. pp. 42–43.
- 1 2 Baird, William Raimond (1940). Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities. G. Banta Pub. Co. p. 260.
- ↑ "Fi Sigma Alfa" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2006-12-04.