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And Central America needs EL Salvador? What a stupid thing to say, Guatemala was the capital of Central America. And there are thousands of Salvadoreans living in Guatemala. If there is any country Central America could do with out, it would be el salvador..........It would be a much safer and peaceful place, thats for sure.
then I guess Nicaragua would also be bad for Central America? That was back then, it's no longer the capital. El Salvadoar and Honduras had at least 1 war, but it doesn't mean they can't unite.
then I guess Nicaragua would also be bad for Central America? That was back then, it's no longer the capital. El Salvadoar and Honduras had at least 1 war, but it doesn't mean they can't unite.
No Nicaragua is fine, Its a great place. Central America would be fine without el salvador, the smallest most violent country in the area.
Costa Ricans are up to their eyeballs with what many of them call the Nicaraguan invasion, and you want for them to unite with the rest of Central America? You are aware that means uniting with Nicaragua, right? I would love to see you explain this to a Costa Rican. It would be fun.
Panamanians are not interested in uniting with anyone else. They are quite actively deporting illegal Nacaraguan immigrants that are beginning to trickle into their country, probably because they don't want things to get as out of hand as in Costa Rica.
I don't see much benefit coming out of a union with the rest of the Central American countries. Most of the Central American wealth and development is concentrated in Panama and Costa Rica. Sort of beats the point of uniting if you can't get any of these two to join and they are not in that mood anyway.
Its entertaining to read people's ideas about why countries should and should not merge. What most don't think about is the reason why it never happens. If you are a politician of a country, why do you have such a role? Are you really a public servant? Most are not there for the good of the country, they are there because the role is good for themselves. So ask someone who has a job and power because of an existing power structure, would you give up your role for the good of a region of peoples? What do you think his/her answer will be? It will be the same answer you would get if you asked members of two city councils to merge into one, let alone what happens when you ask two or more countries. Power sharing just doesn't go over well with the political class.
No Nicaragua is fine, Its a great place. Central America would be fine without el salvador, the smallest most violent country in the area.
if you want to get rid of El Salvador as being part of Central America, then why not get rid of the 2nd most violent country there? (Whatever that country might be)
Egypt and Syria united into the United Arab Republic for three years in the late 50s. Senegal and Gambia also united briefly and unsuccessfully, and the union fell just short of actual fruition. Sikkim was absorbed into India. The United Arab Emirates is a union of a number of formerly sovereign states. The two Yemens have successfully united. Tanganyika and Zanzibar gained independence separately, but united into Tanzania after less than two years. Newfoundland was never independent, but confederated with Canada in 1947. Okinawa was organized after WWII as Ryukyu Islands, an "American military possession", but merged back to Japan in 1972. Like the Germanys, that is just a restoration of a prior union.
Those are the only ones I can think of off hand.
The 2 Vietnam's re-united after approximately a 21-year separation.
The colony of Hong Kong was absorbed into China, and the colony of Goa was absorbed into India (but I guess those don't really qualify as having been "countries" beforehand).
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Costa Rica is in a class by itself. It's unique in having a very long and stable Democracy, and no military at all (Correct me if I'm wrong). This makes Costa Rica a haven both for large-scale tourism, and for retirement of North Americans. And the nation's population has been overwhelmingly White (although Antonio's comments above, suggest that this is changing).
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What a stupid thing to say, Guatemala was the capital of Central America. And there are thousands of Salvadoreans living in Guatemala. If there is any country Central America could do with out, it would be el salvador..........It would be a much safer and peaceful place, thats for sure.
