The formal establishment of CIMNE in Latin America has been initiated by creating a Foundation to foster the activity of CIMNE in that region. The CIMNE-Latin American Foundation (FCL) is located in the city of Santa Fe (Argentina), the place where the first CIMNE Classroom in the Latin American region was created in cooperation with the University of Litoral. The activity of CIMNE in the region is coordinated by Mr. Javier Piazzese. Javier is a Civil Engineer and was a researcher at CIMNE in the period September 2001 - March 2007