I te timatanga, i whakahaeretia e Brazil, i whakaarohia e te Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) i te Hui-tanguru 2011 na te kaupapa here hurihuri a CONMEBOL o nga whakataetae e whakahaerehia ana i roto i te raupapa ā-tuhi. Heoi, na te whakahaere o te 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, 2014 FIFA World Cup me te 2016 Summer Olympics i taua whenua, i whakatau a Brazil kia kaua e manaaki i te Copa América. Ko te perehitini o CONMEBOL a Nicolas Leoz i whakahua i te ahei o te whakataetae i whakaritea i Mexico (ahakoa ehara tenei whenua i te mema o CONMEBOL) hei waahanga o nga whakanui i te rautau o te hononga. I korerohia e nga Kaunihera Whutupaoro o Brazil me Chile te whakaaro ki te whakawhiti i te raupapa o te manaaki i nga whakataetae 2019 me 2015. I whakatauhia te whakawhiti i te Mei 2012.
Ko Nicolas Leoz